EINGESCHLOSSENE GESELLSCHAFT

On a Friday afternoon, there is a sudden, unexpected knock at the door of a high school teacher’s room. Surely no pupil would dare to do that? Indeed not a student, but an ambitious father is waiting at the door, fighting for his son‘s A-level admission. But this father is willing to go to extremes – and six teachers must learn this the hard way: The well-liked sports teacher and cynic Peter Mertens, the much-hated precocious witch Heidi Lohmann, the conservative teacher Klaus Engelhardt, the jovial pupil lawyer Holger Arndt, the lonely nerd Bernd Vogel and the young trainee teacher Sarah Schuster. Initially, these six feel superior to the desperate father, only to find the situation getting more and more out of control. After various unexpected twists and painful revelations, everyone involved is confronted with their own abysses...

Sönke Wortmann (photo © Till Broenner) photos © 2022 BantryBay Productions GmbH / Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion GmbH /
Degeto Film GmbH / Wolfgang Ennenbach