GOOD MORNING, MR. GROTHE
by Lars Kraume
synopsis
Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Grothe is a German teacher at a bog standard secondary school in Berlin. His job is no easy task. But Grothe loves his work and is a committed teacher – so committed, in fact, that his private life suffers as a result. After a failed marriage, his burgeoning relationship with his colleague Lisa Kranz hasn’t got a chance against the passion Grothe puts into his role as a teacher. His class means everything to him; one difficult pupil named Nico is particularly close to his heart. Grothe refuses to give up Nico as a bad job and is determined to encourage him.
international title: | Good Morning, Mr. Grothe |
original title: | Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe |
country: | Germany |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lars Kraume |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Beate Langmaack |
cast: | Sebastian Blomberg, Nina Kunzendorf, Ludwig Trepte, Nele Müller-Stöfen |
cinematography by: | Jens Harant |
film editing: | Barbara Gies |
art director: | Irina Kromayer |
costumes designer: | Esther Walz |
music: | Christoph Kaiser, Julian Maas |
producer: | Heike Richter-Karst, Nathalie Scriba |
production: | Allmedia Film, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk |