Helmut Rahn has died.

[Dr. Wankler]

Time to mourn a soccer legend.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/08/14/rahn_obit/

Anyone want to guess what this has to do with movies? Hint: think German cinema.

[Labdarugo]

http://www.german-cinema.de/archive/film_view.php?film_id=832

Have you seen this film?

I have a 1980s documentary (in Hungarian, natch) of the 1950s Hungarian "Golden Team" that lost to W Germany in the 1954 final. Rahn appears in that too. Like the SI article, it points out how much it meant to Germany to win.

[Dr. Wankler]

Originally posted by Labdarugo
http://www.german-cinema.de/archive/film_view.php?film_id=832

Have you seen this film?

I have a 1980s documentary (in Hungarian, natch) of the 1950s Hungarian "Golden Team" that lost to W Germany in the 1954 final. Rahn appears in that too. Like the SI article, it points out how much it meant to Germany to win.

Wow, I hadn't heard of that. Thanks for the link. I'll definitely keep an eye out for that. It's unlikely to come near me in theatrical release (doesn't have the babe-factor going that kept Bend it Like Beckham around so long), but I'll watch out for video/DVD

Anyone going to make any guesses on the EARLIER (;)) German movie in which Rahn's match-winning goal sort of makes a cameo?

[Dr. Wankler]

Anyone else want to take a shot at the trivia question? The scene in question comes at an "explosive" moment at the end of a very famous German film.

But more important than the trivia question and a better reason for the BUMP is the link to the new film Labdurago provides. Our more metropolitan posters would probably have a decent chance of seeing that one.

[cj herrera]

Fassbinder's "The Marriage of Maria Braun" ends with the call of Germany winning the '54 World Cup in which Rahn scored the winner.


And I thank you.

[Dr. Wankler]

Originally posted by cj herrera
Fassbinder's "The Marriage of Maria Braun" ends with the call of Germany winning the '54 World Cup in which Rahn scored the winner. .

TORRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

IIRC
Originally posted by cj herrera
And I thank you.

Thanks for playing along. And thanks again to Labdurago for the head's up on The Miracle of Bern.