Company: NDR/ Benjamin Unger
Country: Germany
Section: DOCUMENTARY – TEAM SPORT
Discipline: Handball
Director: Benjamin Unger
Editing: Benjamin Unger
Photo: Benjamin Unger
Soundtrack: Autori Vari
Producer: WDR/NDR
Synopsis:
Us against us – a game that can actually no longer exist. It’s December 1990, the Women’s Handball World Cup South Korea. In the duel for bronze, the
Federal Republic of Germany meets the GDR – a country that does not exist anymore. Two months after the formal unity: A historic game in turbulent times – especially for Katja Kittler. Two days after the first all-German election there is one one of the strangest finals in sports history: us against us. A country against itself. On December 4, 1990. The GDR women are already citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany, but they want to definitely win for the GDR. The story of the GDR’s last game – with Katja Kittler, the only national player for three Germanys: GDR, FRG, later the whole of Germany.