Men Without Beard

In his daydreams, 15-year old Otto is a real hero who masters dangerous situations by the dozen. But in reality, the rather imaginative ninth grader has trouble moving up to the next grade. Fortunately, his teacher Nickel notices that Otto does not lack intelligence, but the ability to use his imagination for the requirements of everyday school life. Together with school director Menschke, Nickel tries to change Otto’s attitude. Although this is easier said than done, Otto eventually realizes that he has to try to build his cloud-castles only after school has ended. And his teacher is going to support him in his attempts.

Country:

East Germany

Genre:

Drama,

Comedy

Duration:

82 minutes

Year:

1971

Director:

Rainer Simon

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Company:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Cast:
Hermann Beyer

Lehrer Nickel

Manfred Böhm

Otto Hintz

Käthe Reichel

Frau Hintz

Rolf Hoppe

Gangster

Dieter Franke

Crew:
Rainer Simon

Director

Rainer Simon

Writer

Inge Heym

Writer

Uwe Kant

Novel

Helga Gentz

Editor