Maria Speth

Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (Mr. Bachmann and His Class)

Edition 2021

Official Selection

217' - 2021 - Documentary - Dialogue: German

Director: Maria Speth With: Dieter Bachmann, Aynur Bal, Önder Cavdar

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Herr Bachmann und seine Klasseis an intimate documentary portraying the bond between an elementary school teacher and his students.

Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse is an intimate documentary portraying the bond between an elementary school teacher and his students. His unconventional methods clash with the complex social and cultural realities of the provincial German industrial town they live in.

“In director Maria Speth’s sprawling, inspirational second documentary, the filmmaker presents about six months in the academic life of one of her personal friends, 64-year-old Dieter Bachmann, who teaches a primary school class for immigrant children in a mid-sized German town.” - IndieWire