The Flying Classroom (1973 film)

The Flying Classroom
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Directed by	Werner Jacobs
Produced by	Franz Seitz
Written by	Erich Kästner (novel) Franz Seitz
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger Heinz Reincke Diana Körner
Music by	Rolf A. Wilhelm
Cinematography	Wolfgang Treu
Edited by	Adolf Schlyssleder
Production company	Franz Seitz Filmproduktion Terra-Filmkunst
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release dates	26 October 1973
Running time	92 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Flying Classroom (German: Das fliegende Klassenzimmer) is a 1973 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Reincke and Diana Körner. Two classes in a school have a running feud. It is based on The Flying Classroom, a novel by Erich Kästner.

It was shot on location around Bamberg in Bavaria.

Partial cast

• Joachim Fuchsberger as Dr. Johannes Bökh (nicknamed "Justus" or "the just")
• Heinz Reincke as Dr. Robert Uthofft (nicknamed "Nichtraucher" or "Non-smoker")
• Diana Körner as Nurse Beate
• Bernd Herzsprung as Theodor Laban
• Otto Bolesch as Professor Kreuzkamm
• Anita Mally as Inge Kreuzkamm
• Tilo von Berlepsch as Director Grünkern
• Gudula Blau as Mrs. von Simmern
• Wolfgang Schwarz as Mr. von Simmern
• Otto Kurth as Otto Carstens
• Robert Jarczyk as Johnny Trotz
• Thomas Eggert as Sebastian Frank
• Daniel Mueller as Uli von Simmern

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Flying Classroom at IMDb