The German Lesson
The German Lesson
Language
DE
Subtitle
CZ, DE, EN, ES, FR
Genre
Drama
Country
Germany
Year
2019
Director
Christian Schwochow
Cast
Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblätter, Johanna Wokalek, Sonja Richter, Maria Dragus, Tom Gronau, Louis Hofmann
Production
Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion (Cologne), Senator Film Köln (Köln)
Length
125 minutes
FSK movie
12 years
Set in the post-war years, THE GERMAN LESSON follows schoolboy Siggi Jepsen, who is considered difficult to discipline. Assigned to write an essay about “The Joy of Duty” as a punishment, Siggi writes about his own life – torn between two important role models: his father, a village police officer loyal to the Nazi regime, and his godfather, an artist banned from working by the Nazis. THE GERMAN LESSON is an adaptation of Siegfried Lenz’s classic novel of the same name. The German author would have celebrated his 100th birthday on 17 March 2026.
Image @ Network Movie / Wild Bunch Germany 2019 / Georges Pauly