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The Flying Classroom

Tomy Wigand

Germany2002 114min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Jonathan is only twelve, but he’s already gone through six boarding schools. As he makes friends with his roommates, they take him to their secret meeting place: an abandoned train car. There they discover a mysterious stranger named Bob one day - and the script for a play, ‘The Flying Classroom’. With new music and rap lyrics, it’s going to be the kids’ personal contribution to the school’s Christmas show.

Diretor

Tomy Wigand

Tomy Wigand studied at the Academy of Television & Film (HFF/M) in Munich from 1976-1979. He directed three shorts before making his TV debut in 1981 with Something a Uttle Good. He served as a film editor on Roland Emmerich* s The Noah's Ark Principle (1983), Joey (1985), and Moon 44 (1990).