The Flying Classroom (1954 film)

The Flying Classroom
Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Based on	The Flying Classroom by Erich Kästner
Produced by	Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Paul Dahlke Heliane Bei Paul Klinger
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Fritz Stapenhorst
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production company	Carlton-Film
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	3 September 1954 (1954-09-03)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Flying Classroom (German: Das fliegende Klassenzimmer) is a 1954 West German family comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Paul Dahlke, Heliane Bei and Paul Klinger.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel The Flying Classroom by Erich Kästner.

It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Robert Herlth. It was shot on location in Bavaria and Tyrol.

Cast

• Paul Dahlke as Justus
• Heliane Bei as Schwester Beate
• Paul Klinger as Der Nichtraucher
• Erich Ponto as Der Sanitätsrat
• Bruno Hübner as Prof. Kreuzkamm
• Herbert Kroll as Direktor Grünkern
• Rudolf Vogel as Friseur Krüger
• Willy Reichert as Martins Vater
• Ruth Hausmeister as Martins Mutter
• Arno Ebert as Johnnys Vater
• Peter Vogel as Der schöne Theodor
• Peter Tost as Martin
• Peter Kraus as Johnny
• Bert Brandt as Matz
• Knut Mahlke as Uli
• Axel Arens as Sebastian
• Michael Verhoeven as Ferdinand
• Bernhard von der Planitz as Egerland
• Michael von Welser as Kreuzkamm jr.

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.208

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Flying Classroom at IMDb