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Mein Schulfreund

1960 · 94 min

A wry, bittersweet German satire that turns bureaucratic absurdity into quiet moral outrage, anchored by a gentle everyman performance.

Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Heinz Rühmann, Loni von Friedl, Ernst Schröder

Overview: In the midst of World War II, postman Ludwig Fuchs writes a letter to his former school friend Field Marshal Hermann Göring, urging him to work for peace. He is declared mentally incompetent. After the war, he struggles to shake off the stigma of alleged mental illness. Göring is executed. Fuchs forces the court to examine him: he vandalizes the lobby of Post Office 122 in Munich and is rehabilitated (with full salary compensation for lost years).

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Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Heinz Rühmann, Loni von Friedl, Ernst Schröder

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
madness
power
guilt
identity
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
Written by: Robert A. Stemmle
Starring: Heinz Rühmann, Loni von Friedl, Ernst Schröder, Hertha Feiler, Robert Graf, Mario Adorf, Alexander Kerst, Hans Leibelt
Cinematography: Helmut Ashley
Runtime: 94 min
Country: Germany
Languages: German, Italian

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