movie about kids playing football german

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.

The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.

Scenes from Berlin: Kids playing football, a man tries to light a fire in his stove, a film team sets up a shot in a park, students discuss politics.

Fourteen little kids go over an unsolved football mystery, and they end up teaching an unexpected life lesson to grown-ups. A documentary short on a passionate kids football team who can't win a game, or even score a goal.

Eleven short documentaries about eleven youth football teams for different age groups and with varying prospects. This Berlinale project is part of the cultural programme of the 2024 European Football Championship hosted by Germany.

The film is about the pupils of the orphanage, the participants of the Krasnoyarsk football club "Totem", who repeatedly became world champions in football among children from orphanages.