Movie
Schulmeister Spitzbart (1989)
- 1h 20m
Overview
1831. A village schoolteacher Matthias Spitzbart dreams of the ideal school and writes a textbook on the perfect educational institution. When he becomes principal of a grammar school by chance, he puts his ideas into practice. His almost missionary-like zeal blossoms in wondrous ways, but his family idyll is deceptive. Entangled in his activities, Spitzbart fails to see his wife's affair with pro-rector Mehlmann, daughter Friederike flirts with the trainee teacher, and son Michael's misdeeds are enough to make a mockery of his efforts at exemplary behavior. Teachers, parents and the mayor are of the opinion that he has upset everything that worked before: he is dismissed...
- Director
- Wolfgang Hübner
- Writers
- Wolfgang Hübner, Friedemann Schreiter
AI chat
Ask the AI anything about Schulmeister Spitzbart
Who's in it
Top Cast
You might also like
Movies like Schulmeister Spitzbart
6.2
Movie
Won't Back Down
6.9
Movie
In the Aisles
6.7
Movie
Girl in the Box
6.1
Movie
The Nest
5.9
Movie
The Padre
6.5
Movie
Hardball
6.5
Movie
The German Lesson
7.0
Movie
The Young One
7.1
Movie
What Maisie Knew
Most
6.1
Movie
Mansfield Park
7.3
Movie
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
6.1
Movie
Salomé
6.8
Movie
Siberian Education
6.6
Movie
Hands of Stone
6.3
Movie
Rogue Agent
6.7
Movie
Three Christs
6.2
Movie