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1831. A village schoolteacher Matthias Spitzbart dreams of the ideal school and writes a textbook on the perfect educational institution. When he becomes principal of a grammar school by chance, he puts his ideas into practice. His almost missionary-like zeal blossoms in wondrous ways, but his family idyll is deceptive. Entangled in his activities, Spitzbart fails to see his wife's affair with pro-rector Mehlmann, daughter Friederike flirts with the trainee teacher, and son Michael's misdeeds are enough to make a mockery of his efforts at exemplary behavior. Teachers, parents and the mayor are of the opinion that he has upset everything that worked before: he is dismissed...
Cast
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Otto Mellies
Schulmeister Spitzbart
S
Simone von Zglinicki
Frau Spitzbart
A
Antje Straßburger
P
Peter Borgelt
Lehrer Peuker
M
Michael Gerber
G
Günter Junghans
Lehrer Mehlmann
H
Harry Merkel
Senf
H
Hans Jochen Röhrig
Lehrer Dreyer
E
Eva Schäfer
D
Dietrich Körner
P
Peter Dommisch
K
Klaus Piontek
J
Jörg Knochée
T
Torsten Ranft
A
Angela Brunner
H
Heinz Hupfer
H
Hubert Hoelzke
J
Jaecki Schwarz
A
Alexander Schubert
T
Tilmar Kuhn