A successful writer, home-schooled in his youth, masquerades as a student at a secondary school to experience all the fun and pranks he missed out on.
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| Heinz Rühmann | ... | Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer / Hans Pfeiffer | |
| Karin Himboldt | ... | Eva Knauer | |
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Hilde Sessak | ... | Marion |
| Erich Ponto | ... | Professor Crey - called Schnauz | |
| Paul Henckels | ... | Professor Bömmel | |
| Hans Leibelt | ... | Gymnasialdirektor Knauer, called Zeus | |
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Lutz Götz | ... | Oberlehrer Dr. Brett |
| Hans Richter | ... | Rosen | |
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Clemens Hasse | ... | Rudi Knebel |
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Hedwig Wangel | ... | Haushälterin bei Crey |
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Anneliese Würtz | ... | Frau Windscheidt |
| Margarete Schön | ... | Frau Knauer (as Marg. Schön) | |
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Max Gülstorff | ... | Oberschulrat |
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Egon Vogel | ... | Musiklehrer Fridolin |
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Rudi Schippel | ... | Luck |
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Hans Pfeiffer and some of his friends are drinking "Feuerzangenbowle". Talking about their school-time they discover that Hans never was at a regular school and so, as they think, missed an important part of his youth. They decide to send him back to school to do all the things he never could do before. Written by Wolfgang Klimt <wolfii@leo.org>
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Dieser Film ist ein Loblieb auf die Schule, aber es ist möglich, daß die Schule es nicht merkt.Genres:
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7 April 1944 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
Aikamiestä lapsettaa See more »Company Credits
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This is a remake of So ein Flegel (Such a Boor), made ten years earlier, and also starring Heinz Rühmann - in the same role! See more »Goofs
When Knebel draws a nude on the blackboard you see thin lines that help him trace the drawing. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Germany was losing the war, its cities were being bombed to smithereens, so it's easy to see why Goebbels felt the need for quality escapist entertainment like this gentle, funny school comedy.
Heinz Ruhmann plays a successful writer who was educated by tutors and never attended school, and who decides to return to his hometown disguised as a pupil to find out what he missed. What ensues is a lot of sweet-natured tomfoolery, with lots of tricks played on the teachers - something which nearly got the film banned because of its supposedly 'anti-authoritarian' tendencies.
There's no real message except that 'schooldays are the best days of your lives', and perhaps that's its secret - for it remains among the most popular of all film comedies in Germany and is cult viewing around Christmas time. Ruhmann is in his element in this film, but particular mention should go to the wonderful Erich Ponto as the eccentric chemistry teacher, who is quite best thing in the film.