Directed by:
Sönke WortmannCinematography:
Holly FinkComposer:
Martin TodsharowCast:
Christoph Maria Herbst, Nilamq Farooq, Hassan Akkouch, Ernst Stötzner, Mohamed Issa, Meriam Abbas, Torben Kessler, Michael Abendroth, Wieslawa Wesolowska (more)Plots(1)
With his uncouth manner, Professor Pohl doesn’t enjoy the best reputation at the university where he works. To make matters worse, he makes a racist remark when student Naima arrives late for his lecture. Unfortunately for him, a video of his verbal outburst spreads like wildfire on the Internet, and the university’s president, Lambrecht, is called to deal with the incident. But Pohl is not dismissed. Instead, he is put to the task of helping Naima prepare for an important debating competition. The lecturer and the student could not be more different, yet they are thrown together to work as a team. After Der Vorname, director Sönke Wortmann once again adapts a French template for the German-speaking public to deliver a greatly entertaining and highly intelligent movie. Nilam Farooq and Christoph Maria Herbst play the leading roles in this amusing comedy about political correctness. (Zurich Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Christoph Maria Herbst
West Germany
Best movies:
Rivals Forever - The Sneaker Battle (2015) (TV movie)
How About Adolf? (2018)
Vicky the Viking (2009)
Nilamq Farooq
West Germany
Best movies:
My Blind Date with Life (2017)
Eingeschlossene Gesellschaft (2022)
Sweethearts (2019)
Hassan Akkouch
Lebanon
Best movies:
Tatort (1970) (series)
Contra (2021)
The New World (2015)
Ernst Stötzner
West Germany
Best movies:
Underground (1995)
Frantz (2016)
Victoria (2015)
Mohamed Issa
Germany
Meriam Abbas
Iraq
Best movies:
Nachtgestalten (1999)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Torben Kessler
Germany
Best movies:
Eingeschlossene Gesellschaft (2022)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Michael Abendroth
Austria
Best movies:
Bungalow (2002)
The Coming Days (2010)
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (2008) (TV movie)
Wieslawa Wesolowska
Germany
Best movies:
Run Boy Run (2013)
Schimanski (1997) (series)
Low Profile (2005)
Emil Schwarz
Best movies:
Close to the Horizon (2019)
Contra (2021)
Stefan Gorski
Austria
Best movies:
A Whole Life (2023)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Contra (2021)
Cristiano Papasimos
Best movies:
All My Loving (2019)
Contra (2021)
Lieke Hoppe
Best movies:
Contra (2021)
Aslan Aslan
Germany