Secondary-school teacher Dr. Hermann Seidel is transferred from his sleepy, provincial grammar school to the big city. Here, he has to deal with a class of obstreperous students, where his outmoded teaching methods help him precious little. With the aid of good friends, however, he manages to turn things around, and he soon gets a handle on the students in his very own way…
Acting
Rühmann's exasperated dignity is comedy gold.
Writing
Witty dialogue that roasts both sides of the teacher-student war.
Director
Axel von Ambesser
Heinz Rühmann
Dr. Hermann Seidel
Wera Frydtberg
Vera Bork
Gert Fröbe
Freddy Blei
Bruni Löbel
Fräulein Dr. Selinski
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Oberschulrat Wagner
Hans Leibelt
Direktor Wiesbacher
Klaus Löwitsch
Harry Engelmann
Peter Vogel
Eduard Neureiter
Peter Kraus
Achim Bork
Walter Sedlmayr
Aushilfslehrer
Fritz Wepper
Schüler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of West Germany's 1950s 'Bildungsfilm' wave, reassuring audiences that tradition and modernity could coexist. Heinz Rühmann was basically the Tom Hanks of post-war Germany.
Gert Fröbe filmed this right before Dr. No made him internationally famous—watch him steal scenes with half the screen time.
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