EXTRAKLASSE (original title)

UFA FICTION GmbH • TV Movie • ZDF • 17.12.2018
The UFA FICTION production "Extraklasse" is a ZDF comedy starring Axel Prahl, which was first broadcast on ZDF on December 17, 2018. It was directed by Matthias Tiefenbacher, who also wrote the screenplay based on a script by Gernot Gricksch.

Successful at work, happy in love. This or something similar sounds like the dream of many – Ralph Friesner (Axel Prahl) was able to live it as a successful print editor with his wife Laila Knesselbeck (Inka Friedrich). But that time was years ago – Ralph, now unemployed, divorced and in debt, is turning 50. To make matters worse, he is also a lodger with his former trainee Roman (Max Hegewald) and his grandmother Karin (Katharina Thalbach).

Ralph has to change his life, at least that’s what the job center thinks. They order Ralph to start as a teacher at an evening school. That wouldn’t be a problem, after all, he had studied to be a teacher a long time ago. However, his new job presents Ralph with a major challenge: unlike himself, his pupils really want to learn something and he is now responsible for making sure they do. He is controlled by the strict principal Dörte Wiedebusch(Aglaia Szyszkowitz), who could make his life a living hell.

His class turns out to be a colorful bunch: an overtired young mother ( Jennifer Ulrich) who is constantly falling asleep, a 65-year-old illiterate(Vedat Erincin), a cell phone addict(Mercedes Müller), a highly motivated boy with Down syndrome (Nico Randel), a petty criminal teenager(Dennis Mojen) with a zero-buck attitude and an intelligent Haitian(Tony Harrisson Mpoudja) who drives Ralph crazy with his voodoo magic. Other roles are played by Omar El-Saeidi, Susi Banzhaf, Simon Schwarz, Robert Schupp and others.

“Extraklasse” is a production of UFA FICTION (producer: Markus Brunnemann). Günther van Endert and Petra Tilger are the editors responsible at ZDF.

Cast & Crew

CAST

Ralph Friesner

Axel Prahl

Rina

Jennifer Ulrich

Crystal

Mercedes Müller

Mike

Dennis Mojen

Karin

Katharina Thalbach

CREW

Screenplay

Gernot Gricksch

Direction

Matthias Tiefenbacher

Camera

Michael Wiesweg

Producer

Markus Brunnemann

Producer

Karoline Griebner

Junior Producer

Tobias Gottschlich

Editorial ZDF

Günther van Endert, Petra Tilger

Casting

Agency Mai Seck

Production design

Claus Jürgen Pfeiffer

Costume design

Mika Brown

Make-up

Antje Langner, Tanja Drewitz

Cut

Horst Reiter

Sound

Wolfgang Widmer

Production management

Katja Hartwig

Production management

Stefan Hiller

Customer
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