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  • 2022
  • Grandfilm
  • 3 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • Grandfilm
  • 3 h 37 m
Mr. Bachmann and His Class

Summary In a German city with a complex history of both excluding and integrating foreigners, a charismatic elementary school teacher provides his pupils, who all come from different countries originally, with the key to feeling at home in Germany and becoming citizens of the world. [MUBI]

Directed By: Maria Speth

Written By: Tina Kaiser, Reinhold Vorschneider, Maria Speth

  • 2022
  • Grandfilm
  • 3 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • Grandfilm
  • 3 h 37 m

Mr. Bachmann and His Class

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
89
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary In a German city with a complex history of both excluding and integrating foreigners, a charismatic elementary school teacher provides his pupils, who all come from different countries originally, with the key to feeling at home in Germany and becoming citizens of the world. [MUBI]

Directed By: Maria Speth

Written By: Tina Kaiser, Reinhold Vorschneider, Maria Speth

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Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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100
Feb 24, 2022
This isn’t a heroic-teacher drama about idealism in the face of adversity. It’s an acknowledgment of the hard work of learning, and the magic of simple decency.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 11, 2021
One of the most effortlessly absorbing and deeply encouraging nonfiction films of recent memory.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 5, 2021
Maria Speth’s study of a veteran teacher and his early teens students lasts three and a half hours, but not a moment is wasted. Anyone who teaches, or has ever been taught, will find something to relish in this serious-minded but quietly celebratory film. just as Bachmann puts the students at ease, the film-makers have managed to do the same – unintrusively catching the pupils’ episodes of vulnerability, or certain telling moments, as when two of them exchange flirtatious taunts.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
83
Mar 5, 2021
This is one of the most hopeful movies you’re likely to see anytime soon.
By Christian Blauvelt FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 19, 2022
It’s an investment in time, certainly, but this profound and hopeful picture justifies every second of its three hours and 38 minute running time.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 10, 2022
A few behind-the-scenes moments during weekends and holidays depict a more personal side to the otherwise-enigmatic Bachmann, but the picture that Speth paints of him is as someone who is casually fixated with this occupation – that the process of teaching is seeped into his very being and consumes his thoughts.
By David Jenkins FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 5, 2021
[A] lengthy but absorbing and illuminating documentary.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.3
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
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17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company Madonnen Film
Release Date Feb 20, 2022
Duration 3 h 37 m
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
German Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Hong Kong International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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