Im Westen ging die Sonne auf

Synopsis

The mining industry, which always had been “sponsor” and “financier” of the soccer clubs in the Ruhr valley during the post-war period, doesn’t exist anymore nowadays in that form. Many of the once glorious clubs which dominated German soccer until the 1970s faded into obscurity without financial backers. The documentary “Im Westen ging die Sonne auf" ("The sun had risen in the west“) shows the history of the “Revierfußball” from after the second World War until the decline of the mining industry and recalls legendary players and forgotten clubs. The film shows especially how deeply rooted the sport was back then in the entire lifestyle of the Ruhr area - in private life as well as in society - and how structural change also left clearly visible marks in sports. With pictures from back then, interviews with contemporary witnesses, and footage of original locations nowadays, a contemporary document of German post-war history, by taking the example of soccer, has been created.

Main Cast

Willi Lippens

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Paul Nigelski

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Anton Stark

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Horst Szymaniak

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Julius Ludorf

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Hans Sternheimer

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Katja Scholten

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Gerd Clement

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Wolfgang Ettlich
	Writer	Horst Schäfer
Directing	Director	Wolfgang Ettlich
Crew	Cinematography	Hans Albrecht Lusznat
	Intern	Lena Stiller Heidi Skevi
	Editorial Staff	Wolfgang Landgraeber
	Thanks	Sönke Wortmann
Camera	Assistant Camera	Tobias Alexander Seiffert
Sound	Sound	Zoltan Ravasz
	Music	Dieter Schleip
	Sound Mixer	Jan Bennert
Editing	Editor	Matthias Meyer
Production	Producer	Tobias Alexander Seiffert
	Production Manager	Horst Schröder
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