1831. A village schoolteacher Matthias Spitzbart dreams of the ideal school and writes a textbook on the perfect educational institution. When he becomes principal of a grammar school by chance, he puts his ideas into practice. His almost missionary-like zeal blossoms in wondrous ways, but his family idyll is deceptive. Entangled in his activities, Spitzbart fails to see his wife's affair with pro-rector Mehlmann, daughter Friederike flirts with the trainee teacher, and son Michael's misdeeds are enough to make a mockery of his efforts at exemplary behavior. Teachers, parents and the mayor are of the opinion that he has upset everything that worked before: he is dismissed...
Wolfgang Hübner
Writer, Director
Friedemann Schreiter
Writer
Otto Mellies
Schulmeister Spitzbart
Simone von Zglinicki
Frau Spitzbart
Antje Straßburger
Peter Borgelt
Lehrer Peuker
Michael Gerber
Günter Junghans
Lehrer Mehlmann
Harry Merkel
Senf
Hans Jochen Röhrig
Lehrer Dreyer
Eva Schäfer
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