Locked-in Society

2022 [GERMAN]

Comedy

1
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 1807 1.8K

teacher hostage situation teacher student relationship

Plot summary

On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly before the start of the weekend now have to find out the hard way. After some unexpected twists and embarrassing revelations, true abysses open up for everyone involved...

Director

Sönke Wortmann Photo
Sönke Wortmann

Top cast

Thorsten Merten Photo
Thorsten Merten as Manfred Prohaska
Justus von Dohnányi Photo
Justus von Dohnányi as Klaus Engelhardt
Florian David Fitz Photo
Florian David Fitz as Peter Mertens
Anke Engelke Photo
Anke Engelke as Heidi Lohmann
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934.27 MB
1280*536
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   fr   pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.87 GB
1920*804
German 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   fr   pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by NMDLL 7 / 10

Missed opportunity to be different

Following the scheme of movies like 'Das perfekte Geheimnis', 'Vorname' or 'Nebenan' the movie mainly takes place at a single location in an everyday setting. More and more the secrets and stereotypes of characters unveil or they get their secrets unvealed against their will. Though, unfortunately the surprises still follow similar stereotypes. There is limited surprise to the viewer. Secondly, some scenes have too much slapstick character for a realistic setting. At times you will ask yourself if the movie wants to be taken seriously or whether it aims at being a parody. Some reactions simply are not believable at all, which is obviously okay for movies in general, yet less so for movies that do want to describe realistic scenes and serious topics like schooling system and modernization needs. Overall, this is a good movie that has its strong moments, some others that do not fit the concept though too. Surely, the movie is not a waste of time, I am just more afraid that the successful pattern of beforementioned movies is overcopied like here. There is definitely more (school) room for more creativity to bring the genre further. I am looking forward to it.
Reviewed by ZeddaZogenau 6 / 10

German School Comedy

Sönke WORTMANN (DER BEWEGTE MANN (1994) und DAS WUNDER VON BERN (2003)) doesn't let the topic of school go: Seven years after FRAU MÜLLER MUSS WEG!, we're now heading to the inner sanctum, the teachers' room.And things can quickly become very explosive if a father takes six teachers hostage in order to get a grade point for his son. Of course it's all a satirical drama, but it's not entirely unrealistic.So far, around 335,000 tickets have been sold in the German box office. The ensemble is great, especially EUROVISION host Anke ENGELKE (together with Judith RAKERS and Stefan RAAB, she moderated the EUROVISION Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany) as the faded, embittered teacher of French and music. And Florian David FITZ as a sports teacher who doesn't let anything go to waste. Very enjoyable!
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