New Delhi: German director Ilker Çatak directed and co-wrote Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teachers’ Lounge) with Johannes Duncker. This Ingo Fliess-produced feature made its global debut on February 18, 2023, at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
The National Board of Review ranked it as one of the year’s best five foreign films, and reviewers generally agreed with the critics’ assessments. The time has come for its debut on the web streaming service.
🎬 Oscar nominated The Teachers Lounge joins us from tomorrow!
✏️ Teacher Carla Nowak decides to get involved when one of her students is suspected of theft. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her
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Plot
A tense and emotional picture, The Teacher’s Lounge tells the story of navigating a morally murky system while attempting to do the right thing.
Carla Nowak is an excellent educator who hopes her students will know right from wrong, have empathy, and be strong when they need to be. However, these valuable teachings are completely overshadowed when the other professors start questioning students and examining their wallets to identify the culprit responsible for a string of robberies in the teachers’ lounge.
Carla must now investigate the mystery without succumbing to the pressures of her outspoken coworkers, angry parents, and belligerent kids. Carla wishes she could rebel against the system, but she is shackled to its rules nevertheless. This leads to a chain reaction of unfortunate events, such as a laptop smashing the instructor and Carla being unfairly blamed for everything that goes wrong, even though she is just trying to help everyone.
The trailer does a great job of capturing the stifling environment and suppressed anger that competent teachers experience as they wait it out in the classroom.
When and Where to Watch?
Beginning today, April 19, 2024, The Teachers’ Lounge is now available on Amazon Prime Video. In India, the film was first released in theatres on February 23, 2024.
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Cast and Crew
In the film, Leonie Benesch plays the role of Carla Nowak, with Michael Klammer portraying Thomas Liebenwerda, Anne-Kathrin Gummich portraying Dr. Bettina Bohm, Rafael Stachowiak portraying Milosz Dudek, and Eva Löbau portraying Friederike Kuhn. The Teachers’ Lounge is directed by İlker Çatak.
