Lessons of a Dream (Der ganz große Traum)
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, lL 60601
Opening Wednesday, November 30th, at 6PM
Join the Goethe-Institut Chicago for the first in a series of three soccer films as we tune in to the World Cup!
All events are free and open to the public, but please register in advance here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/396734372187
Director: Sebastian Grobler, 35mm, color, Germany, 113 Min., 2011, with English subtitles
‘Lessons of a Dream’ (Der ganz große Traum) is a German drama film directed by Sebastian Grobler, loosely based on the life of German football pioneer Konrad Koch in the late 19th-century. 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 football, completely unknown outside of England at the time, to get them interested in English culture and the English language. Koch’s liberal teaching methods upset his conservative colleagues, the student’s parents, and local dignitaries. They all want to get rid of Koch at any price. But then his students take the initiative…
For more information about the full series of soccer films, please see here: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/chi/ver.cfm?event_id=24350152
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