The students in Dieter Bachmann’s class are sometimes bored. They’re in the sixth grade, so this is to be expected, though there’s a decent chance that these particular adolescents ...

Observing a classroom where jam sessions and juggling lessons are as likely as instruction in math and grammar, she achieves that and more with Mr. Bachmann and His Class, one of the most ...

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Mr. Bachmann and His Class took director Maria Speth years to research, six months to shoot, and another three years to edit. The fly-on-the-wall ...

The Berlinale award-winning documentary „Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse“ (Mr. Bachmann and His Class) illustrates the relationship between a teacher and the students of his 6th grade class in Hesse.

Well then, the German documentary Mr Bachmann and His Class illustrates why there aren’t enough boxes of chocolate in the world to reward what a good educator can achieve on a day-to-day basis.