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Das Wunder
Movie

Das Wunder

1985 • Unknown

Woke Score
1.6
out of 10

Plot

Teenager Raphaela was born blind into a wealthy, material focused family. Her father escapes reality into an affair with his secretary while her mother reacts to the difficult situation in an over protective and possessive conduct towards her blind daughter.

Overall Series Review

Das Wunder is a German melodrama from 1985 that pits traditional Christian faith against modern, wealthy materialism and family dysfunction. Raphaela, the blind daughter of a morally bankrupt, rich couple, finds guidance from the devout housemaid Maria, who encourages her to seek healing through prayer. The narrative depicts the parents as corrupt: the father through infidelity, and the mother through spite and blame. The secular, modern perspective—represented by the family’s wealth and the doctor’s skepticism—is framed as a spiritual and moral failure. The film's conclusion is a literal, supernatural miracle that restores the daughter's sight, directly validating the power of faith and traditional spiritual life. The story focuses on personal sin, spiritual seeking, and divine intervention, containing none of the identity politics, civilizational self-hatred, or sexual ideology common to modern woke narratives.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The plot centers on internal family drama and a spiritual quest for a miracle. Characters are defined by their moral choices, such as the father's affair or the mother's possessiveness, and their spiritual disposition, such as Raphaela's faith or Maria's piety. Race, sexuality, and intersectional hierarchies are not the subject of the movie. The protagonist's blindness is a dramatic and spiritual catalyst, not a tool for a lecture on systemic ableism.

Oikophobia3/10

The film criticizes the modern, materialistic culture of the wealthy German family, portraying them as 'internally corrupt' and morally broken. However, the solution and moral good are found in traditional, Western-Christian piety and faith, represented by the housemaid Maria and the final miracle. The critique is of a decadent modern element *within* the civilization, not a wholesale condemnation of the home culture or an endorsement of an alien/other culture.

Feminism2/10

The mother is portrayed as a 'repulsive woman' who blames her blind daughter for the failure of her marriage, representing a negative portrayal of a selfish, materialistic female character. The maid Maria is the moral center, a woman defined by piety and faith, offering spiritual support rather than professional achievement. Raphaela is a vulnerable figure saved by divine grace, not an instantly perfect 'Girl Boss.' The movie criticizes a destructive female character (the Mother) and affirms a traditional, spiritual femininity (Maria/Raphaela's path).

LGBTQ+1/10

The narrative is concerned solely with the breakdown of a traditional heterosexual nuclear family due to infidelity, and a teenager's spiritual journey. There are no alternative sexual identities, queer theory concepts, or challenges to the nuclear family as an institution. The focus is entirely on a normative structure that has been corrupted by sin and materialism.

Anti-Theism1/10

The core message is explicitly pro-faith and anti-secular materialism. The skeptical, modern characters and the affluent, morally compromised family are the ones shown to be wrong and unhappy. The climax is a literal divine miracle that restores the protagonist's sight, explicitly validating 'God's faith' and transcendent morality over modern medical or psychological skepticism. Traditional religion is presented as the source of salvation and healing.