Berwick Film Society: The Teachers’ Lounge (Das Lehrerzimmer)

Main House Theatre  |  30 October 2024

Book Tickets

(12A)

When a pupil is accused of a series of thefts, conscientious Carla, a newcomer to the teaching staff, is determined to get to the root of the matter.

The hunt is on for the culprit, but attitudes and assumptions spring to the surface in this edgy social parable, set inside a school.  

A smartly-constructed, well-acted and wholly absorbing story which suggests that school can be a microcosm of the real world, with many of the same contentious issues and challenges.  


 

Germany 2023 | Dir: Ilker Çatak 

Cast: Leonie Benesch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich 

Language: German, Polish (English subtitles) 

Awards: 11 wins, 21 nominations 

“…writer-director Ílker Çatak pulls it off here, aided by excellent performances all round and two truly superb ones: Leonie Benesch as an idealistic new teacher and a heartbreaking Leo Stettnisch as her troubled student” 
Jocelyn Noveck, The Independent