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Schulmeister Spitzbart
19891h 20mNo ratings yet
- Drama
Overview
1831. A village schoolteacher Matthias Spitzbart dreams of the ideal school and writes a textbook on the perfect educational institution. When he becomes principal of a grammar school by chance, he puts his ideas into practice. His almost missionary-like zeal blossoms in wondrous ways, but his family idyll is deceptive. Entangled in his activities, Spitzbart fails to see his wife's affair with pro-rector Mehlmann, daughter Friederike flirts with the trainee teacher, and son Michael's misdeeds are enough to make a mockery of his efforts at exemplary behavior. Teachers, parents and the mayor are of the opinion that he has upset everything that worked before: he is dismissed...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 27, 1989
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany, Germany
- Production
- DEFA,Fernsehen der DDR
- Cast
- Hans Jochen Röhrig,Simone von Zglinicki,Angela Brunner,Eva Schäfer,Peter Dommisch,Elke Hersmann,Otto Mellies,Jaecki Schwarz,Harry Merkel,Torsten Ranftand 18 more
- Director
- Wolfgang Hübner
- Cinematography
- Günter Eisinger
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0408164