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