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GERMAN CLASS

by Florian Heinzen-Ziob

synopsis

German Class takes us back to school. Over the course of six months the film closely follows class teacher Ute Vecchio as she prepares children who have just arrived from other countries for the German school system. Small successes, large set-backs, school pranks and the looming threat of deportation – the challenges the children face are just as diverse as the countries and cultures they originate from.The ambitious Pranvera, who even beats the boys in arm wrestles, has to suffer the deportation of her best friend. Ferdi, who dreams of working as a car mechanic, only has four months left to catch up on four years’ worth of schoolwork. And class clown Kujtim has already managed to learn four languages in his eventful lifetime, but cannot write any of them.

international title: German Class
original title: Klasse Deutsch
country: Germany
year: 2018
genre: documentary
directed by: Florian Heinzen-Ziob
film run: 92'
release date: DE 16/05/2019
screenplay: Florian Heinzen-Ziob
film editing: Florian Heinzen-Ziob
music: Vasyl Humnytskyy
producer: Florian Heinzen-Ziob, Georg Heinzen
backing: Film- und Medienstiftung NRW (DE), Kunststiftung NRW (DE), Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW (DE), Germanfilms (DE)
distributor: W-film Filmproduction & Distribution

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