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Flying Classroom, The (fliegende Klassenzimmer, Das)
Jonathan is only twelve, but he's already gone through six boarding schools. His last chance is Leipzig's St. Thomas School, home of the world-famous boys' choir. And for Jonathan, there's no better place to be. As he makes friends with his roommates, they take him to their secret meeting place: an abandoned train car. There they discover a mysterious stranger named Bob one day – and the script for a play, The Flying Classroom. With new music and rap lyrics, it's going to be the kids' personal contribution to the school's Christmas show. Even the rebellious Mona agrees to join them since… well, since she's never met anyone as sweet as Jonathan. Unaware of the play's author and what it means to their favorite teacher Justus, the kids unwittingly trigger a turbulent chain of events. But in the end, their adventures open their eyes to the value of friendship and civil courage – and even bring two old friends back together, Bob and Justus, who'd been separated for years by inhumanity and injustice.
Tomy Wigand studied at the Academy of Television & Film in Munich from 1976-1979. He directed three shorts - Pangratz, Lotte and Unter Maennern - before making his TV film debut in 1981 with Ein bisschen was Schoenes. He served as the film editor on Roland Emmerich's The Noah's Ark Principle (1983), Joey (1985), and Moon 44 (1990), and wrote the screenplay for Hans W. Geissendoerfer's adaptation of Duerrenmatt's Justiz. Since 1993, Wigand has directed episodes for daily soaps (Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten, and Verbotene Liebe) and TV action series (Alarm fuer Cobra 11) as well as Twiggy, Liebe auf Diaet (TV, 1997), Picknick im Schnee (TV, 1999), Soccer Rules! (Fussball ist unser Leben, 2000), Winter of Regret (Nicht heulen, Husky, TV, 2000), The Flying Classroom (Das fliegende Klassenzimmer, 2002), and TKKG and the Mysterious Mind Machine (TKKG - Das Geheimnis um die raetselhafte Mind-Machine, 2006).Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2002
Director Tomy Wigand
Screenplay Franziska Buch, Henriette Piper, Uschi Reich
Director of Photography Peter von Haller
Editor Christian Nauheimer
Music by Moritz Freise, Biber Gullatz, Niki Reiser
Production Design Ingrid Henn
Producers Uschi Reich, Peter Zenk
Production Companies Bavaria Filmverleih- & Produktion/Munich, Lunaris Film- & Fernsehproduktion/Munich, in cooperation with ZDF/Mainz
Principal Cast Hans Broich-Wuttke, Hauke Diekamp, Francois Goeske, Anja Kling, Piet Klocke, Sebastian Koch, Frederick Lau, Ulrich Noethen, Philipp Peters-Arnolds, Teresa Vilsmaier
Casting Uwe Bünker, An Dorthe Braker, Jacqueline Rietz
Special Effects CA Scanline Production/Geiselgasteig
Studio Shooting Bavaria Studios/Geiselgasteig
Length 114 min, 2,998 m
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French, Spanish
Sound Technology Dolby SRD
Festival Screenings Gera 2003, Zlin Children 2003, Puchon Fantastic 2003, Cambridge 2003, Chicago Children 2003, Tallinn Black Nights 2003, SPROCKETS Toronto 2004
Awards Bavarian Film Award 2003 for Best Producer, German Film Award 2003, 2 Golden Sparrows 2003 Gera, Golden Slipper Zlin 2003
With backing from German Federal Film Board (FFA), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung
German Distributor Constantin Film Verleih/Munich
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