Lessons of a Dream

Lessons of a Dream (German: Der ganz große Traum) is a German drama film directed by Sebastian Grobler, loosely based on the life of late-19th-century football pioneer Konrad Koch. In the film, Koch is one of the first English teachers in the German Empire, in Braunschweig. He introduces his students to the new sport of soccer, completely unknown outside of England at the time, to get them interested in English culture and language. In the film, Koch's liberal teaching methods upset his conservative colleagues, the students' parents, and local dignitaries.[2]

Lessons of a Dream
GermanDer ganz große Traum
Directed bySebastian Grobler
Screenplay byPhilipp Roth
Produced by
  • Anatol Nitschke
  • Raoul B. Reinert
Starring
CinematographyMartin Langer
Edited byDirk Grau
Music byIngo Frenzel
Distributed bySenator Film Verleih
Release date
  • 24 February 2011 (2011-02-24) (Germany)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Budget€5.5 million[1]

Historical background

The real-life Konrad Koch was a teacher of German, Ancient Greek, and Latin in Braunschweig. He wrote the first German version of the rules of football and organized the arguably first-ever soccer match in Germany in 1874, between pupils of his school, the Martino-Katharineum.[3][4] However, unlike in the film, Koch's original version of the rules of football, published in 1875, still closely resembled those of rugby football. In addition, Koch was actually a conservative himself and did not get into trouble with the authorities.[5]

Cast and characters

References
  1. "Der ganz große Traum" (in German). kino.de. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. "Lessons of a Dream". glasgowfilm.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. "Die Wiege des Fußballs stand in Braunschweig" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  4. "Der Mann, der die "englische Krankheit" einschleppte" (in German). einestages.spiegel.de. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  5. "Erwachen aus dem "großen Traum"" (in German). Deutsche Akademie für Fußballkultur. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
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