THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE

DAS LEHRERZIMMER

By Ilker ÇATAK

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Social issues - Completed 2023

At math teacher Carlas new high school there are thefts. Her investigations increase the distrust among the staff, parents and students, especially since the main suspect is the mother of her best student Oskar.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2023
Panorama Europa Cinemas Label
Toronto - TIFF 2023
Centrepiece
Busan IFF 2023
World Cinema
Telluride FF 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ilker ÇATAK
    • Writer(s)
    • Ilker ÇATAK , Johannes DUNCKER
    • Producer(s)
    • Ingo FLIESS (if… Productions Film GmbH)
    • Synopsis
    • Carla Nowak (LEONIE BENESCH), a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. She stands out among the new staff because of her idealism. When a series of thefts occur at the school and one of her students is suspected, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. Carla tries to mediate between outraged parents, opinionated colleagues and aggressive students, but is relentlessly confronted with the structures of the school system. The more desperately she tries to do everything right, the more the young teacher threatens to break.