A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term, and their class teacher teaching them about humanism and tolerance, a lesson that would be badly needed three years later.
Acting
Loos brings desperate warmth to a doomed lesson.
Production
Shot in Weimar's final gasp — buildings outlive the ideology.
Director
Robert Land
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Hitler's chancellorship; director Robert Land fled Germany in 1933.
The final classroom scene was reportedly censored in multiple territories for being 'too pessimistic' about youth.
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