Lessons of a Dream

Lessons of a Dream
Directed by	Sebastian Grobler
Produced by	Anatol Nitschke; Raoul B. Reinert
Screenplay by	Philipp Roth
Starring	Daniel Brühl; Burghart Klaußner; Justus von Dohnányi; Kathrin von Steinburg; Thomas Thieme; Jürgen Tonkel
Music by	Ingo Frenzel
Cinematography	Martin Langer
Edited by	Dirk Grau
Distributed by	Senator Film Verleih
Release date	February 24, 2011 (Germany);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German
Budget	€5.5 million[1]

Lessons of a Dream (German: 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.[2]

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 match of football in Germany in 1874, between pupils of his school, the Martino-Katharineum.[3][4] However, unlike in the film, Koch's original German 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]

External links

References

"Der ganz große Traum" (in German). kino.de. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
"Lessons of a Dream". glasgowfilm.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
"Die Wiege des Fußballs stand in Braunschweig" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
"Der Mann, der die "englische Krankheit" einschleppte" (in German). einestages.spiegel.de. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
"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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[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.