German Film Festival Excursions

As the German Film Festival is currently running in cinemas, many German classes have had the opportunity to view German films recently. Last week, Years 10 and 11 watched the film “Get Up” about four young school leavers finding their way in life and following their dreams. Classes 7K and 7S are also looking forward to seeing a German remake of the story “Lassie” on Tuesday, 4th June.

Last Thursday, 9th May, Years 9 and 12 German classes visited Palace Cinemas on Norton St for the German Film Festival. We watched “Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer” (The Flying Classroom), an entertaining movie about a battle between the ‘Internen’ (borders) and the ‘Externen’ (day students) at a beautiful school in the Bavarian Alps, Germany. It even included a dramatic fight scene, as well as some corny but loveable singing and class performances. 

The movie was based on a book written by Erich Kästner, a famous early 20th century German author, who wrote other well-known books such as Emil and the Detectives and Lottie and Lisa (which became the movie the Parent Trap). 

We loved listening to the German spoken in the film, especially when we recognised words or phrases from German class, like “Ich habe keinen Bock”, a German idiom for “I don’t care!”. It was an extremely enjoyable experience for all of us, and a great opportunity to learn more about German culture and language. 

Vielen Dank to Frau Reynolds for organising this excursion, and Frau Hünger, our student teacher from Germany, for coming along with us as well! 

Kalanie Prabhakar Year 12