Dir. Maria Speth. Germany. 2021. 217 mins. Some films, regardless of their quality, only really come into their own when seen with an audience. That’s why, while documentary Mr Bachmann And His Class ...

However long ago your school days, you can still name your favorite teacher. (Thanks for everything, Dr Sharkey.) Maria Speth’s affectionate and inspiring portrait of an affectionate and inspiring man ...

The documentary, which won a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, follows an unorthodox teacher and his sixth-grade students, most of them from immigrant families. By Scott ...

Maria Speth’s enthralling documentary spends a year in the classroom of an unconventional teacher in a German industrial town. By A.O. Scott When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Maria Speth’s doc follows the fortunes of a small-town class of immigrant children under the kindly tutelage of their German teacher Films like Maria Speth’s documentary get short shrift at film ...

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy and Maria Speth’s Mr Bachmann And His Class are the joint winners of Screen’s 2021 Berlin jury grid, with both films scoring averages of 3.3 from the ...

The Berlinale award-winning documentary „Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse“ (Mr. Bachmann and His Class) illustrates the relationship between a teacher and the students of his 6th grade class in Hesse.