The German Lesson (2019)

Siggi is in prison during the post-war period. He should write an essay. He remembers that his father was supposed to ban his profession from a friend who was a painter. Siggi should help him, but he rebelled.

Director:

Christian Schwochow

Writers:

Heide Schwochow (screenplay), Siegfried Lenz (novel)

Stars:

Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblätter

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ulrich Noethen	...	Jens Ole Jepsen
Tobias Moretti	...	Max Ludwig Nansen
Levi Eisenblätter	...	Siggi Jepsen
Tom Gronau	...	Siggi Jepsen (als Erwachsener)
Johanna Wokalek	...	Ditte Nansen
Sonja Richter	...	Gudrun Jepsen
Maria Dragus	...	Hilke Jepsen
Louis Hofmann	...	Klaus Jepsen
Artus Maria Matthiessen	...	Direktor Himpel
Marek Harloff	...	Karl Rasmussen
Tom Zahner	...	Joswig
Peter Badstübner	...	Okko Brodersen
Michael Wittenborn	...	Pastor Treblin
Klaus Peeck	...	Deichgraf Ole Bultjohann
Joachim Regelien	...	Hinnerk Timmsen (as Jochen Regelien)

Storyline

Siggi Jepsen is in Germany after the war in an institution for difficult to educate young people. He is to write an essay on the subject "The pleasures of duty", but has no idea. Only when he is locked in a cell the next day, the memories of his childhood during the Second World War break out of him: His father Jens Ole Jepsen, a police officer, was then commissioned to bring the friendly expressionist painter Ludwig Nansen a professional ban , At Nansen's surveillance, Siggi was supposed to help him at the time, but eventually he rebelled against his father, sided with the recalcitrant Nansen and hid some of the forbidden pictures, eventually leading to his stay in the asylum.

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Plot Keywords:

male full frontal nudity | post war | male nudity | male frontal nudity | male rear nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Ringlstetter: Die 100. Sendung (2019)

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Soundtracks

Dieses Lied hat keinen Text
Music by Peter Igelhoff
Performed by Evelyn Künneke

User Reviews

Beautiful but I didn't get into it

I didn't get into the film because I couldn't understand the concept of banning art. The visuals and the scenery are beautiful though.

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

6 November 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

The German Lesson

Filming Locations:

Germany

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,152,502

Company Credits

Production Co:

Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion, Senator Film Produktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1