We Wanted More (Das Wunder von Taipeih)
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Av, Suite 200, Chicago, lL 60601
Opening Wednesday, December 14th, at 6PM
As many around the world reconsider soccer’s relationship to social justice, join the Goethe-Institut Chicago for the third in a series of films examining the sport’s role in different historical contexts.
All events are free and open to the public, but please register in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-wanted-more-das-wunder-von-taipeh-tickets-396627793407
Director: John David Seidler, Germany, Documentary, 85 minutes, 2019, German with English subtitles
In 1981, Taiwan hosted its first Women’s World Cup, at a time when the German Football Association did not promote but rather grudgingly tolerated women’s football – in Germany it was officially banned until 1970.
Since establishing a women’s national team was of no interest to the German Football Association, the invitation to the Women’s World Cup in Taipei went straight to the reigning club champions SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach.
In this film, the former players talk about the absurd conditions in which they had to fight for their great dream of playing football – against all odds and with a fair dose of humour. Without any support from the German Football Association, they played the match of their lives in front of hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic spectators in the World Cup stadiums and live on Taiwanese television. Accompanied by historical footage – testimonies of a men’s world that today seem all the more anachronistic – WE WANTED MORE (DAS WUNDER VON TAIPEH) tells a football story that is about much more than sporting success, namely equality and recognition.
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Tags: Germany, Goethe Institut, Goethe-Institut Chicago, John David Seidler, The Miracle of Bern (Das Wunder von Bern), We Wanted More (Das Wunder von Taipeih)
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