GERMAN CLASS
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 |