''The Flying Classroom'' (german: Das fliegende Klassenzimmer) is a 1954 West German
family
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comedy film
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directed by
Kurt Hoffmann
Kurt Hoffmann (12 November 1910 – 25 June 2001) was a German film director, the son of Carl Hoffmann. He directed 48 films between 1938 and 1971. He ran a production company Independent Film along with Heinz Angermeyer.
His 1958 film ''W ...
and starring
Paul Dahlke,
Heliane Bei and
Paul Klinger
Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik (14 June 1907, Essen – 14 November 1971, Munich) was a German stage and film actor who also worked in radio drama and soundtrack dubbing.
Family life
His father, a civil engineer, was Karl Heinrich Klinksik; his moth ...
.
[Bock & Bergfelder p.208] It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel ''
The Flying Classroom
''The Flying Classroom'' (German: ''Das fliegende Klassenzimmer'') is a 1933 novel for children written by the German writer Erich Kästner.
In the book Kästner took up the predominantly British genre of the school story, taking place in a b ...
'' by
Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including '' Emil and the Detectives''. He received ...
.
It was made at the
Bavaria Studios
Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film.
History
The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Firs ...
in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Kurt Herlth
Kurt Herlth (1896–1966) was a German art director known for his designs of film sets. His brother Robert Herlth was also an art director active in the German film industry, and the two men worked together a number of times.Bock & Bergfelder p.1 ...
and
Robert Herlth
Robert Herlth (2 May 1893 – 6 January 1962) was a German art director. He was one of the leading designers of German film sets during the 1920s and 1930s.Reimer & Reimer p.146
Filmography
* ''Masks'' (1920)
* '' Island of the Dead'' (1921)
* ' ...
. It was shot
on location in
Bavaria
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and
Tyrol
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.
Cast
*
Paul Dahlke as Justus
*
Heliane Bei as Schwester Beate
*
Paul Klinger
Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik (14 June 1907, Essen – 14 November 1971, Munich) was a German stage and film actor who also worked in radio drama and soundtrack dubbing.
Family life
His father, a civil engineer, was Karl Heinrich Klinksik; his moth ...
as Der Nichtraucher
*
Erich Ponto
Erich Johannes Bruno Ponto (14 December 1884 – 14 February 1957) was a German film and stage actor.
Career
Erich Ponto was born in Lübeck as the son of a merchant. After his family had moved to Hamburg-Eimsbüttel, he attended the gymnasium ...
as Der Sanitätsrat
*
Bruno Hübner
Bruno Hübner (1899–1983) was an Austrian film and television actor known for his work in Germany.Goble p.412 He was born in Reichenberg then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which later became part of Czechoslovakia.
Selected filmography
* ''Pu ...
as Prof. Kreuzkamm
*
Herbert Kroll
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* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
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* Herbert (given name)
* Herbert (surname)
Places Antarctica
* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herber ...
as Direktor Grünkern
*
Rudolf Vogel
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as Friseur Krüger
*
Willy Reichert
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* Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ...
as Martins Vater
*
Ruth Hausmeister
Ruth Hausmeister (5 June 1912 – 1 February 2012) was a German actress whose career, centered primarily in theater, spanned decades. She also had more than eighty credits in German film and television as well.
Her film credits included '' The L ...
as Martins Mutter
*
Arno Ebert
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Source and route
The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a s ...
as Johnnys Vater
*
Peter Vogel as Der schöne Theodor
*
Peter Tost
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People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
as Martin
*
Peter Kraus
Peter Kraus (born 18 March 1939) is an Austrian-German singer and actor.
Born Peter Siegfried Krausenecker in Munich, Germany, Kraus was popular especially in the 1950s, notably in those musical comedy films where he played opposite Cornelia F ...
as Johnny
*
Bert Brandt as Matz
*
Knut Mahlke
Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used whi ...
as Uli
*
Axel Arens
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* Axel, Netherlands, a town
** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586
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* ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove
* ''Axel'', a Cirque d ...
as Sebastian
*
Michael Verhoeven
Michael Verhoeven (born 13 July 1938) is a German film director.
Life and work
Verhoeven is the son of the German film director Paul Verhoeven (not to be confused with the Dutch film director Paul Verhoeven). He married actress Senta Berger in ...
as Ferdinand
*
Bernhard von der Planitz
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*Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
*Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946 ...
as Egerland
*
Michael von Welser as Kreuzkamm jr.
References
Bibliography
* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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1954 films
1954 comedy films
German comedy films
West German films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Films based on children's books
Films based on German novels
Films based on works by Erich Kästner
Films set in schools
Films set in boarding schools
1950s high school films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
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