Principal Gottlieb Taft's twin brother Gotthold Taft partakes in the most recent prank by faking his death and promising a large inheritance to the Mommsen-Gymnasium and the principal. Of course, the inheritance is tied to many embarrassing conditions.
Acting
Rudolf Schündler's dual performance as both stuffy brothers
Production
Peak 1970 German school comedy aesthetic, unapologetically loud
Director
Harald Reinl
Hansi Kraus
Pepe Nietnagel
Uschi Glas
Marion Nietnagel
Fritz Wepper
Hubert Böhm
Rudolf Schündler
Studienrat Dr. Arthur Knörz
Jutta Speidel
Schülerin
Ruth Stephan
Studienrätin Dr. Mathilde Knörz
Balduin Baas
Oberstudienrat Blaumeier
Theo Lingen
Oberstudiendirektor Dr. Taft / Gotthold Emmanuel Taft
Hans Terofal
Georg Bloch
Karl Schönböck
Notar Munk
Monika Dahlberg
Fräulein Weidt
Kristina Nel
Schülerin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the wildly successful 'Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank' series that defined West German teen comedy in the 1960s-70s.
Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff was originally approached for the dual role; Schündler made it iconic through pure committed ridiculousness.
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