Der Direktor

Der Direktor

103 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 26, 1980

The school authorities want to read success stories in director Joachim Faber's reports. But they cannot simply be produced on an assembly line. Pupils, for example, use the wrong tone. The matter draws circles until the superiors finally talk about refusal to work. Director Faber is caught between the efforts to resolve the conflict with pedagogical means and the pressure from above.

Der Direktor

103 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 26, 1980

Der Direktor
The school authorities want to read success stories in director Joachim Faber's reports. But they cannot simply be produced on an assembly line. Pupils, for example, use the wrong tone. The matter draws circles until the superiors finally talk about refusal to work. Director Faber is caught between the efforts to resolve the conflict with pedagogical means and the pressure from above.
Producers DEFA, Fernsehen der DDR
Original title Der Direktor
Directors Helmut Krätzig
Writers Erich Schlossarek, Helmut Krätzig

Cast

Ulrich Thein

as Joachim Faber

Janina Hartwig

as Rosi Faber

Barbara Dittus

as Bettina Bräuer

Horst Drinda

as Hans Tromlitz

Regina Beyer

as Frau Funke

Helga Göring

as Frau Kupfer

Marina Krogull

as Fräulein Dornbach

Ingeborg Westphal

as Frau Echterburg