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Locked in Society

Locked in Society

20226.31h 37m

Overview

On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly before the start of the weekend now have to find out the hard way. After some unexpected twists and embarrassing revelations, true abysses open up for everyone involved...

Directed by Sönke Wortmann
Written by Jan Weiler
Produced by Jochen Cremer, Eva Holtmann
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Top Cast

Florian David Fitz

Florian David Fitz

Peter Mertens

Anke Engelke

Anke Engelke

Heidi Lohmann

Justus von Dohnányi

Justus von Dohnányi

Klaus Engelhardt

Nilam Farooq

Nilam Farooq

Sarah Schuster

Thomas Loibl

Thomas Loibl

Holger Arndt

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Torben Kessler

Bernd Vogel

Thorsten Merten

Thorsten Merten

Manfred Prohaska

Serkan Kaya

Serkan Kaya

Florian Beinacker

Ronald Kukulies

Ronald Kukulies

Eberhard Lichtenstein

Nick Julius Schuck

Nick Julius Schuck

Fabian Prohaska

Themes & Keywords

teacherhostage situationteacher student relationship

About Locked in Society

Locked in Society is a comedy film released in 2022 exploring themes of teacher, hostage situation, teacher student relationship. Directed by Sönke Wortmann, it stars Florian David Fitz, Anke Engelke, Justus von Dohnányi. On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly before the start of the weekend now have to find out the hard way. After some unexpected twists and embarrassing revelations, true abysses open up for everyone involved...

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