Following the Fall of the Wall, the race to sign the best soccer players from the GDR begins. Reiner Calmund completes his first transfer: Andreas Thom joins Leverkusen, paving the way for further moves to the Bundesliga. But before Calmund can sign all the GDR’s top talents, political interests get in the way of his plan. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl steps in.
WRITER: Markus Brauckmann DIRECTOR: Christoph Eder CAMERA: Konrad Waldmann, Anne Chladek, Tim Pfautsch EDITOR: Martin Mayntz SOUND: Thomas Funk COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Clemens Schröder (ZDF), Lars Schilling (ZDF)

