Wenn man die Schule schwänzt (1949) Online
Soon after the Great War, the Provence village of Salezes gets a new boys' teacher: Mr. Pascal, a war hero with a diploma from a teachers' college. He rejects old methods: boys' sitting still with arms folded memorizing facts. He uses modern methods: he becomes their guide. The boys build a water-powered electric generator, interview their parents about shoe-making and cooking, draw, write poetry, and, after Pascal brings a box of type, put their own magazine together, printed on the backs of old ballots. Their new interest in critical thinking stirs opposition from the mayor and others. The teacher offers a deal: if even one student fails the national exam, he'll resign. All eyes are on Albert, an older youth who has failed three times.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Bernard Blier | - | Buffle Pascal, l'instituteur | |
Juliette Faber | - | Lise Arnaud, l'institutrice | |
Édouard Delmont | - | M. Arnaud, le vieux maître (as Delmont) | |
Edmond Ardisson | - | Le coiffeur Pourpre / The Barber (as Ardisson) | |
Henri Arius | - | Le maire Hector Malicorne / The Mayor (as Arius) | |
Bréols | - | Aristide | |
Géo Beuf | - | Honoré | |
Georges Cahuzac | - | Cornille | |
Jean-Louis Allibert | - | M. St. Saviole, Le 'novateur' / 'The innovator' | |
Louis Lions | - | Félix (as Lions) | |
Louisol | - | Le menuisier | |
Marcel Maupi | - | M. Alexandre, the pharmacist | |
Rilda | - | Le facteur | |
Sicard | - | Tordo | |
Danny Caron | - | Cécile Simonin |
Schoolteacher Celestin Freinet whose life and innovative educational methods are the subject of this movie, suited producer to have his name mentioned in the credits.
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