In “Mr. Bachmann and His Class,” one classroom becomes a portal to the world at large. In director Maria Speth’s sprawling, inspirational second documentary, the filmmaker presents about six months in ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Are you a parent of school-age children wondering if you should give their teacher a present for the holidays? Well then, ...

However long ago your school days, you can still name your favorite teacher. (Thanks for everything, Dr Sharkey.) Maria Speth’s affectionate and inspiring portrait of an affectionate and inspiring man ...

The documentary, which won a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, follows an unorthodox teacher and his sixth-grade students, most of them from immigrant families. By Scott ...

Maria Speth’s doc follows the fortunes of a small-town class of immigrant children under the kindly tutelage of their German teacher Films like Maria Speth’s documentary get short shrift at film ...

“If you have a wife, you have problems,” answers Hasan when asked why he didn’t want to get married later. “If you have a husband, you have problems,” Stefi responds visibly irritated by Hasan’s ...

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy and Maria Speth’s Mr Bachmann And His Class are the joint winners of Screen’s 2021 Berlin jury grid, with both films scoring averages of 3.3 from the ...

The Berlinale award-winning documentary „Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse“ (Mr. Bachmann and His Class) illustrates the relationship between a teacher and the students of his 6th grade class in Hesse.