Das Lehrerzimmer (2023)

	Directed by: İlker Çatak	COUNTRY Germany GENRE Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE Lærerværelset RUNNING TIME 99 minutes
	Produced by: Ingo Fliess
	Written by: Johannes Duncker İlker Çatak

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Carla Nowak	Leonie Benesch	½
Thomas Liebenwerda	Michael Klammer	½
Milosz Dudek	Rafael Stachowiak	½
Dr. Bettina Böhm	Anne-Katrin Gummich	½
Friederike Kuhn	Eva Löbau	½
Lore Semnik	Kathrin Wehlisch	-
Oskar	Leonard Stettnisch	½

Review

An idealistic 7th-grade teacher in a German Gymnasium finds herself caught in an increasingly tight web following a mishandled investigation into a series of petty thefts at the school. This German awards favourite purports to offer – and at times approximates – a tensely realistic portrayal of the complexities and hardships of being a modern-era schoolteacher (or pupil, for that matter). But despite filmmaker İlker Çatak's best intentions, Das Lehrerzimmer hinges on a number of dramatic scenes that come off as contrived and become distractions from the truths and social critique the film aims to explore. There are solid, wholehearted performances, not least from lead Leonie Benesch – all of which could have been even more effective under more skilled guidance.