ZWISCHEN DEN STÜHLEN / To Be a Teacher

To Be a Teacher is the emotional story of three young teachers and their first years in school, a period called Referendariat in Germany. Here, they come to realize that their studies did not prepare them at all for what it means to work in one of the most responsible and important jobs of society. A rare insight into fabricating one of the most essential resources of modern times: education.
JAKOB SCHMIDT was born in Würzburg, Germany, in 1989. After school, he worked in freelance journalism and did several internships in a number of production companies. Schmidt has been studying at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf since 2009. To Be a Teacher premiered at DOK Leipzig, where it received multiple awards. // Films (selection): Lieber wär’ ich Mörder (I’d Rather Be a Murderer, 2012, short doc), 517 Füwatown (2012, short doc), Nimmersatt (Restless, 2013, short), Gewitterzellen (Storm Cells, 2015, short), Zwischen den Stühlen (To Be a Teacher, 2016, doc)
Arbeitswelten / Working Worlds
2017
JAKOB SCHMIDT
Germany 2016
DCP / color
101 minutes
dOFmeU / OV with english subtitles
- Screenplay
- Jakob Schmidt
- Cinematography
- David Schittek, Evgeny Revvo, Jakob Schmidt
- Editing
- Julia Wiedwald
- Sound
- Angelo Fonfara, Malte Eiben, Tim Altrichter
- Music
- Andreas Bick
- Cast
- Anna Kuhnhenn, Ralf Credner, Katja Wolf
- Producers
- Marie-Luise Scharf (Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, DE), ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (DE)
- Production
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
14482 Potsdam, Germany
distribution@filmuniversitaet.de
www.filmuniversitaet.de- World Sales
Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
14482 Potsdam, Germany
distribution@filmuniversitaet.de
www.filmuniversitaet.de
Rechte für Österreich / Austrian Rights
Weltkino Filmverleih
Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße 6
04107 Leipzig, Germany
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www.weltkino.de
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
DOK Leipzig 2016
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
International Premiere