& Ilker Çatak

The Teachers' Lounge

7.5

When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.

Director: , Ilker Çatak
Main Cast: Leonie Benesch
Soundtrack: , Marvin Miller
Cinematography: , Judith Kaufmann
Screenplay: , Ilker Çatak, Johannes Duncker

Original title in Germany is Das Lehrerzimmer.

Cinema Premiere: April 12, 2024

Reviews by critics from other countries

Foreign Reviews

10 foreign reviews of The Teachers' Lounge (2023)

1. Svenska Dagbladet

8.3 / 10

Translated from swedish: There are no need for hallucinatory dream sequences here. The strict management of genuine complexity is more than sufficient.
- Jan Söderqvist
Swedish: A taut thriller about a school that transforms
2. Aftonbladet

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: The power struggles in and outside the classroom become, not least for the students, a kind of useful lesson that this is perhaps what adult life will look like.
- Jan-Olov Andersson
Swedish: Constantly engaging about power struggles in and outside the classroom
3. Dagens Nyheter

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: At the same time, which makes "The Teachers' Lounge" a real slap in the face, it manages to condense a number of tricky issues regarding democracy, freedom of speech, and structural racism that turn the school environment in the film into a microcosm of any given Western European society. Not exactly a feel-good movie, but when the uprising finally comes, it's a real kick.
- Helena Lindblad
Swedish: German "The Teachers' Lounge" sticks in the pointer finger and twists it
4. Göteborgs-Posten

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: "The Teachers' Lounge" is a brilliant, thriller-like school drama that shakes up the most virtuous ideals of our time.
Swedish: gp.se »
5. Sveriges Radio

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: In the film we meet the young, principled teacher Carla who finds herself at the center when she believes she has revealed who is stealing at the school
- Björn Jansson
Swedish: The school becomes a crime scene in the Oscar entry "The Teacher's Lounge"
6. Sydsvenskan

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: Strong and insanely entertaining
- Oscar Westerholm
Swedish: "The Teacher's Lounge": Strong and insanely entertaining
7. Bio.nu

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: The Teacher's Lounge holds up all the way through and has now received a very well-deserved Oscar nomination in the category of best foreign film.
Swedish: bio.nu »
8. Cinetaste

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: I believe this could be a hit with the right audience in Sweden.
- Linus Andersen
Swedish: cinetaste.se »
9. Kulturbloggen

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: One of the film's strengths is that it doesn't provide clear, unambiguous answers, neither about who the thieves are nor what is ethically correct. Everyone is left to think and feel for themselves.
- Rosemari Södergren
Swedish: Film Review: The Teachers' Lounge - A Thriller About Ethics and Law and Order
10. Västerbottenskuriren

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: When everything turns against the kind teacher
Swedish: vk.se »