Die fliegende Klassenzimmer (1973, West Germany)

A teenagers' story set in a residential school in Germany, following the pranks they get up to and rivalries with the local municipal school.

Late in the film there are rehearsals for an end-of-year theatrical performance; Uli von Simmern (Daniel Müller) is playing a girl's part.

Afterwards in the open air, Uli gets teased about played a girl's role: "You look really sweet with your pigtails; you really should have been a girl."

In fact in a boyish prank, Uli makes a daredevil descent from the roof of the school using an umbrella as a parachute, and is badly injured. When the school play is performed, the girl's role has to be undertaken by someone else.

In the picture they are getting into a mock-up aeroplane -- the "flying classroom" of the film title.

March 2007

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