Necessary Years of Learning

Apr 1, 1960

0h 25m

★ 7.0

Overview

Böttcher made his graduation film about young people who had become delinquent in a youth work yard in Thuringia. Already here a striking feature of his later films becomes apparent: Jürgen Böttcher gives his protagonists a lot of space; he approaches them without prejudice, empathetically and carefully. In addition, his curiosity can be felt in the life situations and stories of his characters.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst

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Cast

Horst Jonischkan

voice

Norbert Christian

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5.0

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3.9

Just for the Hell of It

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A teenage boy is blamed for a Florida neighborhood being terrorized, but the real culprits are a punk gang leading local delinquents on a nihilistic spree of destruction and mayhem.

5.3

Yolngu Boy

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6.9

Kids

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7.1

Blue Spring

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7.0

Gridiron Gang

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Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together.

0.0

Girl's Reform School

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The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

6.9

Flora and Son

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Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.

9.5

Les Sagards

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5.5

Social Misfits

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A group of teenagers are forced to work together while being stuck in Camp Resurrection for 48 hours.

4.6

Teen-Age Crime Wave

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A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.

0.0

Pinocchio

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The puppet boy Turli, who was only recently been carved from wood by the toymaker Kasimir, suddenly springs to life. Turli has nothing but nonsense on his mind and wreaks chaos everywhere he goes, although he is actually supposed to attend school.

5.6

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6.4

To Sir, with Love II

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4.0

Delinquent Daughters

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4.0

Last Resort

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6.5

The False Student

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