The Flying Classroom (1954 film)

The Flying Classroom
Directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Produced by Günther Stapenhorst
Written by Erich Kästner (novel)
Starring Paul Dahlke
Heliane Bei
Paul Klinger
Music by Hans-Martin Majewski
Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by Fritz Stapenhorst
Production
company
Carlton-Film
Distributed by Neue Filmverleih
Release date
3 September 1954
Running time
92 minutes
Country West Germany
Language German

The Flying Classroom (German: Das fliegende Klassenzimmer) is a 1954 West German family comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Paul Dahlke, Heliane Bei and Paul Klinger.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel The Flying Classroom by Erich Kästner.

The film's sets were designed by Kurt Herlth and Robert Herlth. It was shot on location in Bavaria and Tyrol.

Cast

  • Paul Dahlke as Justus
  • Heliane Bei as Schwester Beate
  • Paul Klinger as Der Nichtraucher
  • Erich Ponto as Der Sanitätsrat
  • Bruno Hübner as Prof. Kreuzkamm
  • Herbert Kroll as Direktor Grünkern
  • Rudolf Vogel as Friseur Krüger
  • Willy Reichert as Martins Vater
  • Ruth Hausmeister as Martins Mutter
  • Arno Ebert as Johnnys Vater
  • Peter Vogel as Der schöne Theodor
  • Peter Tost as Martin
  • Peter Kraus as Johnny
  • Bert Brandt as Matz
  • Knut Mahlke as Uli
  • Axel Arens as Sebastian
  • Michael Verhoeven as Ferdinand
  • Bernhard von der Planitz as Egerland
  • Michael von Welser as Kreuzkamm jr.

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.208

Bibliography

  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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