Contra (2020)

With his uncouth manner, Professor Pohl doesn’t enjoy the best reputation at the university where he works. To make matters worse, he makes a racist remark when student Naima arrives late for his lecture. Unfortunately for him, a video of his verbal outburst spreads like wildfire on the Internet, and the university’s president, Lambrecht, is called to deal with the incident. But Pohl is not dismissed. Instead, he is put to the task of helping Naima prepare for an important debating competition. The lecturer and the student could not be more different, yet they are thrown together to work as a team.

IMDb rating	6.8
Producers	Constantin Film, SevenPictures Film GmbH
Original title	Contra
Directors	Sönke Wortmann
Writers	Doron Wisotzky

Cast

Nilam Farooq

as Naima Hamid

Christoph Maria Herbst

as Richard Pohl

Hassan Akkouch

as Mo

Ernst Stötzner

as President Lambrecht

Meriam Abbas

as Lial Hamid

Mohamed Issa

as Junis Hamid

Stefan Górski

as Benjamin

Lieke Hoppe

as Johanna

Fatima Naji

as Grandmother

Mustafa Sheikh

as Ali

Cristiano Papasimos

as Abu

Akim Schödel

as Jamal

Selin Dörtkardes

as Anissa

Cathleen Baumann

as Ms. Thiem

Michael Abendroth

as Chairman Disciplinary Committee

Martin Lommatzsch

as Debater

Sabrina Effenberger

as Student

Jogi Kaiser

as Man with Clipboard

Egzon Kreyeziu

as Khaled

Nicola Gründel

as Woman with Clipboard

Wieslawa Wesolowska

as Bogdana

Torben Kessler

as Lecturer

Minna Wündrich

as Ms. Schneider

Aslan Aslan

as Freak

Emil Schwarz

as Freak

Ilse Strambowski

as Elderly Woman

Sarah Andiel

as Islam Debate Chairman

Lennart Lokstein

as Parental Certificate Debate Chairman

Willy Carlos Witthaut

as Host

Julia Eiber

as President (uncredited)

Fiona Smith

as Woman On Train (uncredited)