SummaryIn a German city with a complex history of both excluding and integrating foreigners, a charismatic elementary school teacher provides his pupils, who all come from different countries originally, with the key to feeling at home in Germany and becoming citizens of the world. [MUBI]
Directed By:Maria Speth
Written By:Tina Kaiser, Maria Speth, Reinhold Vorschneider
Mr. Bachmann and His Class
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Feb 24, 2022
100
This isn’t a heroic-teacher drama about idealism in the face of adversity. It’s an acknowledgment of the hard work of learning, and the magic of simple decency.
Mar 11, 2021
90
One of the most effortlessly absorbing and deeply encouraging nonfiction films of recent memory.
Mar 5, 2021
90
Maria Speth’s study of a veteran teacher and his early teens students lasts three and a half hours, but not a moment is wasted. Anyone who teaches, or has ever been taught, will find something to relish in this serious-minded but quietly celebratory film. just as Bachmann puts the students at ease, the film-makers have managed to do the same – unintrusively catching the pupils’ episodes of vulnerability, or certain telling moments, as when two of them exchange flirtatious taunts.
Dec 19, 2022
80
It’s an investment in time, certainly, but this profound and hopeful picture justifies every second of its three hours and 38 minute running time.
Dec 10, 2022
80
A few behind-the-scenes moments during weekends and holidays depict a more personal side to the otherwise-enigmatic Bachmann, but the picture that Speth paints of him is as someone who is casually fixated with this occupation – that the process of teaching is seeped into his very being and consumes his thoughts.
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Feb 27, 2022
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''Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.'' - Albert Einstein. Mr. Bachmann and His Class is documentary of over 3 and a half hours that works with a truth that is well known but also continues to be encouraging to watch.
The teacher that changes your life is the one that will leave you with lessons that you will carry with you for the rest of your life. I recognize that the documentary could have been more concise. The last hour I think was a grip of over-ambition for the director, but overall I'm comforted to see that although they may be isolated cases around the world, there are still teachers with the true vocation to teach a youth so in need of education.
Production Company:
- Madonnen Film
Release Date:Feb 20, 2022
Duration:3 h 37 m
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
German Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Hong Kong International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
