l thought you got 'em at market.
As if we could afford it!
Stop shaking your head at me. - l'll shake it whenever l like.
Shut up and obey! - ls that all they taught you guys?
''You guys''?
Since when am l ''you guys''? - Ooesn't matter.
You think l'm a Nazi?
One person alone couldn't do a thing. You had to join them.
Sure. Alone you're nothing. The people are everything.
Oon't say that to me! - Oon't ever hit me again.
Oid l hold out for 11 years to have my son mock me?
l don't want the ball anymore.
Grabitz's rabbit had babies.
l'll get you two if you like. - l never want rabbits again.
l understand.
Mom?
Was Oad always like that? - How?
So mean.
Mattes ...
Remember how much it hurt you to know that Atze and Blacky were gone.
Now imagine that it hurts like that every day
for 12 years. Every day.
lmagine it.
That's how it was for Oad when he couldn't go home.
For 12 years.
lt isn't my fault.
ls it Oad's fault?
See? lt's not our fault.
But we can help to make it better.
You're a great little guy, kid.
Oad's a great guy, too,
actually.
lf we help him, you'll be surprised what a great father you've got.
We just need to be patient.
Everything else will manage itself.
Germany was quite lucky to win 2-0 against Yugoslavia.
Was it right to focus on defense?
Was it right to put in Rahn for Klodt?
Okay, Rahn scored a goal, but
how important is he really for Germany's game?
You have it easier than l do, sir.
Your game doesn't begin until ours is over.
But since we won, l think l did everything right.
Mr. Herberger! ls it true, Posipal will be on defense against Austria?
That's my plan. - You can't do that!
Jupp is out of shape!
We and the home front are unable to accept that!
Posipal's defending against Austria.
We want to have a strong defense. We'll see if l'm right or not.
Mr. Herberger!
Weren't you wishing the close game with Yugoslavia would just be over?
How did you feel after the game?
l've never had that feeling.
After the game is before the game.
Bruno, what're you doing?
Nothing.
l'm packing.
Where to?
l can't tell you.
But why are you leaving?
Come on, you know.
lt just won't work with Oad and me.
Sure it'll get better.
l wanna leave anyway. l wanna do something meaningful.
Okay ...
l'm going to Berlin, to East Berlin.
To the Eastern zone?
lt's the capital of the GOR. Everyone's equal there.
There's no rich or poor,
and no unemployment. There's freedom of speech.
There's no place like that. - Yes, there is.
l've heard they need good musicians.
Oon't go!
Hey, kid!
You're the best man in this family. That's for sure.
l'm relying on you.
l can rely on you, can't l?
This is for Mom and Oad ...
Oon't worry. l didn't write anything bad, just the truth.
But give me a week to get away first, okay? You promise?
Come here.
Mr. Lubanski! - Hello, Pastor.
Sorry for disturbing. Got a minute? - Of course. Come on.
Who'd have guessed that?
We're in the semi-finals.
And one of our boys shot the goal! - Yeah. - lncredible!
We're playing Austria, right? - Exactly.
But that'll be just as difficult ...
l'm not really here to talk about soccer.
Of course not. Sorry.
l just don't know what to do. Nothing is the way it was.
l try to do everything right.
But l just make things worse. Now Bruno's gone.
l've talked to lots of former prisoners of war.
Most of them are ashamed of the misery they suffered.
They exclude their families and try to act strong, but they're afraid
to show their people what imprisonment did to them.
Oidn't you get anything to eat?
No, we didn't.
You see, actually ...
we never got enough to eat.
The Russians themselves didn't have enough either.
We had destroyed and burned down everything they had.
l was able to put my hand around my thigh.
Yes, listeners, it can't be said often enough:
Germany in the semi-final. Who ever thought that would happen?
Most important was to see if you could get up in the morning.
First you touched your bunkmate to see if he was still warm.
lf he was still alive.
Maybe you could use his boots.
After a while they started sending guys home when they couldn't work.
Lots of the guys tried to get sick 'cause they wanted to go home.
They drank salt water.
And they died.
The ones who didn't get dystrophy and could still walk
were sent out in work brigades.
They sent me as an expert to the open-cast mines in Siberia.
Oid you ever think about home?
l ...
l stopped believing in it.
l stopped thinking about you.
l just counted the winters
and thought about eating.
Now and then, the farmers smuggled us something to eat.
And on the way back,
a Russian took me to his house.
He showed me a picture
with a ...
black ribbon around it. A picture of his son.
l know l've treated you wrong ...
But ...
l don't know how to act anymore.
Everything is so strange here.
And with Bruno, that ...
was my fault.
Bruno couldn't take it here anymore. He took your place for so long.
l think he just wanted to leave.
He's old enough to make that decision.
But there are three other people here.
They need you.
Semi Final Austria vs. Germany 1-6
A corner for Germany. What a gift!
Will this be the 4th goal?
Fritz Walter kicks the corner again
with his right foot. The ball is deflected. Goal!
Goal for Germany! Goal! Otmar Walter,
Otmar Walter ...
Germany 4, Austria 1!
l'm speechless.
You can clearly see that it's almost as if ...
When you see their expressions, even from this distance,
our players already seem to be resigned. lt seems as if ...
l'd like ... let's forget it.
Happel has passed directly to the Germans again.
What's wrong today? Wagner to Probst, Probst to Korner 2.
Korner 2 tries a trick, but it doesn't work.
Korner 2 passes to Stojaspal who passes back to Korner 2,
who passes back to Probst. Probst kicks and misses the ball.
Korner 2 should have taken a shot by now.
Stojaspal should have taken a shot by now.
But the speed the Germans are showing today is no magic spell.
We're just too slow.
Stojaspal wants to pass to Probst, but he is covered by Liebrich.
lt's almost as if Probst were the baby and Liebrich his mother.
So who are we playing in the final game?
You're interested? l thought it was just ''24 men chasing a ball''?
You mean recently? l was just an ignorant child. Well?
Hungary!
They beat Uruguay 4-2 in overtime. - What a mess!
Those wild and woolly strikers again!
Let's hope we don't lose big time.
What are you saying?
We aren't going to lose again! That wouldn't be fair!
Oh yeah! Good idea! Let's apply to the FlFA for a fair outcome
of the championship! - Okay, wise guy. l tell you this.
We'll win and make shashlik of the Hungarians!
You mean goulash, dear. - When l say shashlik, l mean shashlik.
Okay. What do you bet?
lf we have kids, l get to choose the names.
lf Germany wins.
Otherwise l do.
''As far as l'm concerned, you are the natural successor to Fritz Walter.
Good luck. Yours, Carmen Ballmann.''
Well?
Carmen Ballmann! Admit it, Horst. You wrote that yourself!
Hey, she's an absolute soccer expert. There's no doubt about it.
Look at that, Fritz. The kids. l bet we interrupted their prayers.
What good little boys. - Hey, isn't that the guy
who crossed the pitch with a guide dog? - Exactly!
Hey, guys. l know you rarely use your brains, so l'll say this slowly:
We are in the final!
The game where they drape you with gold and carry you off the pitch.
And they make statues of men like me. - Or hamburger ...
if you don't find the goal soon. - Right.
What about your goals? 6-1!
Everybody got to try today, but you just picked your nose.
Come on, let's go where real guys like us are respected. To Toni's.
l gotta give him a talking to for letting 'em score.
Sleep tight, guys.
But not 8 goals again.
Or they'll say, the Turks were weak, the Yugoslavians were unlucky ...
Right. 4-3 ... We could live with that.
The best thing would be if they beat us in overtime.
l'm fed up with this! Why are you talking about losing?
Why would we lose? - Of course l want to win, but ...
But what?
l never thought l'd say this, but take the Boss, for example.
All he talks about is stuffing Grosics's goal.
You know what? He's right.
l'd like to thank you for this unscheduled talk, Mr. Herberger.
Wasn't our participation in the final unscheduled?
ls there some kind of secret about this German team?
lt has one brain, the thinker and leader, Fritz Walter.
Our success is unthinkable without that key figure.
lf he'd been injured we wouldn't be sitting here now.
Herberger! Herberger!
Strange, huh?
Those are the same people who were hostile to you,
because you gave up the first game for lost.
You're wrong. l had a strategy that was supposed to win the game.
Unfortunately, it was a big failure.
l don't want to be presumptuous, but
do you really think you stand a chance against Hungary?
lf it's sunny, the Hungarians will win. We won't be able to stop them.
Our way of playing's inferior to theirs.
But what if it rains? That's Fritz Walter weather.
The turf gets soggy.
Then we stand a chance.
Matthias!
Matthias, wake up! Come on, wake up!
What's up?
Get up. We're going on a little trip.
Whose car is this?
l borrowed it from the pastor.
Nice.
Where are we going?
To Bern, to see the final. - What?
You said the Boss only wins the big games when you're there.
The Final Game
Oamn it!
Gentlemen, we lost the first game to Hungary 8-3.
That was painful.
But as you all know,
every good thing has its bad sides ...
and vice versa.
So what do 8 goals teach us?
Hungary is an exceptional team. Unbeaten for 4 years.
Besides Lorant, Kocsis, Bozsik
and Puskas, they only have players who have never lost
with the national team.
But that doesn't mean it isn't possible.
Because ...
we also scored three goals.
That means they're vulnerable. Here ...
on the left.
Bozsik is so offensive that he leaves gaping holes behind him.
We have to use that space. Hans ...
that goes especially for you.
Puskas has recovered. He'll be playing.
He might be weak, but let's assume that he's dying to go after us.
Werner Liebrich is going to cover him. Now men,
if we want to win today, we have to get Hungary where it hurts.
And that isn't Puskas.
lt's Hidegkuti!
He's just a center-forward, but he pulls the strings in midfield.
He runs their game. We have to go for him.
That's your job, Horst. Get on his tail and stay there.
l want him to dream about you tonight.
We have a big tactical advantage. We know Hungary's strengths.
But they don't know ours. They don't know how strong we are.
They don't know that we're strong enough to beat them.
Adi, get those cleats ready. - Nothing l'd rather do, Sepp.
lt's okay, Wilhelm. We do our best.
Hey guys, it's time. Those guys gotta show that they're real men.
We lost the war. We'll lose the final, too.
Oh, Pastor, you're here, too?
No idea what's wrong with this crate.
l think it's just running on two cylinders.
Germany in the World Cup final,
a huge sensation,
a real soccer miracle. A miracle
that actually came true.
We owe it to our players' sense of the game
and the perfection of their style. The match is about to begin.
So, no long introductions, just the starting lineup.
... that beat Austria 6-1 in the opening round.
The goalie is Ousseldorf's Turek.
Hamburg's Posipal and Kohlmeyer
from Kaiserslautern in defense.
ln midfield, Eckel and Liebrich from Kaiserslautern
and Mai from Furth.
Rahn is the right winger. He comes from Essen.
Then Morlock from Nuremberg,
the Walter brothers from Kaiserslautern and Cologne's Schafer.
Referee Link from England has just blown the whistle to start the game.
He's the same official who refereed the first game against Hungary.
Oh shit! This early in the game!
Now we don't stand a chance. - Why can't they watch out?
lf this continues, l'm leaving. Jesus!
Our fears have come true.
The Hungarians' lightning start had given them the lead.
lt'll be 12-0. And we Germans will be the fools. Come on, l've had it.
A stupid mistake. Just bad luck.
But it's still 2-0 for Hungary.
lf we have a boy, he'll be Rudiger. lf it's a girl, she'll be Roswitha.
Roswitha?
Come on, Germany! Come on, Germany!
Come on, guys! Let's go!
Come on! We haven't lost yet!
l learned a trick when l was in prison camp.
You can do everything with your imagination.
We even imagined eating as much as we could.
And if we weren't too worn down by our hunger pains,
it worked beautifully.
Just close your eyes and you can be anywhere, even in Bern.
lt's as if you were really there.
Come on, try it!
Goal!
Goal for Germany! - What did l say?
Maybe we'll get there by half-time.
lt's only 2-1 now. Rahn's shot
was deflected by a Hungarian defender.
Max Morlock spread his legs and slid
into the ball, nudging it with his remaining strength
past the Hungarian goalkeeper, Grosics.
Thank God. lt's no longer 2-0. lt's now 2-1.
lt's encouraging
and boosts our team's self-confidence.
Goal! Goal!
Rahn has scored! lt's now 2-2.
lt's all even again.
You never pass!
Morlock was wide open in front of the goal, and you shot into empty space!
Look out for your defense, kiddo. Those two goals were giveaways.
What got into you guys? We can't make up for all your mistakes.
Tell that to Kohli. He can't even pass to the goalie.
You cling to that line, fatty. - Hey, ''playmaker'', are you blind?
Why do l run my lungs out if you can't even pass to Fritz?
Quiet down! Right now!
Save your breath. You'll need it.
Haven't you realized it yet? We can be world champions!
And you have nothing better to do than yell at each other. lt's 2-2.
The Hungarians are mad. They're gonna jump all over you in the 2nd half.
So watch out! You gotta keep it up for 45 more minutes!
Go out and fight! One for all, all for one! ls that clear?
Really exciting, huh? - You bet.
Matthias, l wanted to apologize to you. You know, about the rabbits.
That's okay.
l just wanted us to have good food on Mother's birthday.
We are reporting again from Bern.
The score at the start of the 2nd half is 2-2.
Hungary's two goals were scored by Puskas and Czibor,
Germany's goals by Morlock and Rahn.
Welcome to the World Cup
Buzanszki's header hits the crossbar.
A close call, but the ball is ...
We can't get any closer. We'll meet here. Get going.
You come too, Oad. - Go on, get moving.
They can't win without you. You're faster without me.
Hungary's throw-in ... Lantos shoots!
Liebrich stops the ball. Kocsis from the left wing ...
The ball is cleared!
Turek clears the ball!
Turek, you're a super guy! Turek, you're a soccer god!
Please, excuse my excitement.
Soccer laymen will think we're crazy!
But remember, today is truly Germany's soccer day.
Hidegkuti's shot blasted at Germany's goal from just 3 meters
is blocked by Turek.
6 minutes left in Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. Nobody is giving way.
lt's raining incessantly. But the spectators aren't leaving.
How could they? The World Cup takes place every 4 years.
And how many games are so evenly matched, so exciting?
Rahn is fouled!
Bozsik, always Bozsik, the Hungarian midfielder, with the ball.
He loses the ball to Schafer this time.
Schafer passes to midfield! A head ball! The ball is cleared!
Rahn should take a shot. He shoots!
Goal! Goal! Goal!
3-2 for Germany over Hungary,
a team that hasn't lost a game for 4 1/ 2 years.
The second hand is moving so slowly. l stare over at it.
Speed up! Faster! But ist doesn't.
lt moves with the precision it's been designed to have.
Now only 1 1/ 2 or 2 minutes. Germany leads 3-2.
The Hungarians are going wild. Puskas with the ball at the center.
The Hungarians have a chance. Pass to the right wing, Czibor.
Shoots ... Toni grabs the ball. He's got it!
45 minutes are over.
No more than a minute extra time. But it's risky.
Hungary on the right wing ... Fritz Walter kicks the ball out of the bounds.
Who could blame him? Hungary gets a throw-in.
The ball is thrown in ... to Bozsik.
lt's over! Over! Over!
The game is over!
Germany are world champions!
They beat Hungary 3 goals to 2!
We Welcome the World Champion
Singen station 2 days later
Ackermann, this is insane! They'll squash us!
What else can l do? Ahrens gave me clear orders to take this train!
l'm not going with you! - Why not, Annette?
l can't do that to Oante. - Who's Oante?
You really ought to know. He's your son.
My son? Oante?
l choose the names. Remember?
Annette, l don't believe it.
You're ...
How do you know it's a boy?
l can feel it.
Annette ...
Annette, you're wonderful.
You know what?
Screw this train! - Ackermann, what are you doing?
Oon't argue! The family comes first. You have to take it easy.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Excuse me. Thank you.
Hey, kid. You're wanted.
lsn't this a madhouse?
Thanks.
Sorry, you can't enter here.
Why not? l was on the train and got off to get my son.
Who are you?
Ackermann. Suddeutsche News.
ls that him?
Hey, Mattes, what are you doing here?
l don't believe it. - Two ice-cold bottles of beer.
You told me you couldn't win the big games without me.
That's right. Wasn't l right? Wasn't l right?
Are you here all by yourself? - No, with my father. - Lubanski.
Pleased to meet you. Rahn. Looks like we owe the win to you.
Looks like it. A great goal! l wish l had your nerves.
Go in there. l'll be right back. l just have to toast with somebody.
Coach!
Here, one of my buddies brought me some real beer at last.
l thought l'd share it with you. - Nobody's ever gonna change you.
lf anybody can, you can.
And who's this?
Fits like a glove.
Wanna have it?
Toni, come here. Some girls want your autograph.
Girls? Where?
What do you think of the Boss?
He's quite a guy. Nobody's as good as he is.
You are.
You're as good as he is. - Holy cow! That's quite a compliment.
This is from Bruno.
l promised l wouldn't give it to you sooner.
Oad, what's wrong?
Bruno ...
He wishes us all the best. He says we can visit him anytime.
Look at your father.
Sitting here crying like a little kid.
You know ...
l think German boys can cry now and then.
The Bern team never played together again.
ln Memory of HELMUT RAHN
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