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The School Teacher

1981·95 min

The School Teacher

Directed by Claude Berri

Comedy

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

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Gérard Barbier

Josiane Balasko

Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher

School Director

Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher

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Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

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Charlotte de Turckheim

Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée

André Chaumeau

Educational Advisor

School Inspector

Georges Staquet

Gérard's father

Claude Bertrand

Charlotte's father

Anne-Marie Jabraud

Charlotte's mother

Germaine, restaurant owner and Sophie's mother

Christian Bouillette

Clothing Store Manager

Jacques Martial

Léopold, nurse at the hospital where Jacqueline Lajoie is

Jean-Pierre Bagot

Mayor and father of Nicolas

Clothing Store Customer

Monique Couturier

Inspector's Secretary

Victor, kid in the clothing store

Rémy Carpentier

Monsieur Letournel

Madame Letournel

Michel Pilorgé

Albert

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The School Teacher (1981) is about after having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

Who directed The School Teacher?

Claude Berri directed The School Teacher (1981).

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