Mr. Bachmann and His Class

Far from the cliché dramas about inspired teachers in "difficult" schools, Maria Speth's documentary is a rare cinematic record, a much-needed documentation of the educational process in Europe's diverse contemporary reality.

Synopsis

Dieter Bachmann is the teacher of class 6B of the introductory year for the high school in Stadlendorf, a city of immigrants, whose children he prepares for the German reality away from strict academic guidelines.