Lessons of a Dream

– An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
2011
Original Name:
Der ganz große Traum
Lessons of a Dream (2011) - Also known as Der ganz große Traum

An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.

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Lessons of a Dream (2011) - Trailer

Release Date:

24 Feb 2011

Language:

German, English

Director:

Sebastian Grobler

Writer:

Sebastian Grobler (story), Raoul B. Reinert (story), Philipp Roth, Johanna Stuttmann

Main Actors:

Daniel Brühl, Burghart Klaußner, Thomas Thieme, Justus von Dohnányi

Plot:

The young teacher Konrad Koch is hired to teach English at a strictly-run German school for boys in 1874. The reform-minded headmaster von Merfeld has hired Koch as one of the very first English teachers of all at a German secondary school in order to let a fresh new wind into his musty institution. Koch sees how badly this is needed in his very first class. Everything that the boys know about England is common prejudices handed down from one generation to the next. In order to stir up some enthusiasm for the foreign language, Oxford graduate Koch resorts to unusual means and introduces his students to a curious sport that comes from Britain: football. Unfortunately, Koch's unconventional ways soon make him many enemies: influential parents, local dignitaries and, above all, his colleagues, who only believe in Prussian drills and discipline. They all want to get rid of Koch at any price. But then his students take the initiative...

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10