Jan Westheim is currently completing his last year of training. He wants to do it right. But what is right when the pressure on Jan and his collegues is constantly growing in times of restructuring? The Education describes the system of modern working environments and shows to what extent it has an effect on peoples’ lives.
cast Joseph Bundschuh, Anke Retzlaff, Anja Kaul, Dagmar Sachse, Stefan Rudolf, Frank Voß
writer / director Dirk Lütter
script consultant Valeska Griesebach
dop Henner Besuch
editor Antonia Fenn
set design Christiane Krumwiede
costume design Manfred Schneider
sound Andreas Hildebrandt
commissioning editor Andrea Hanke
producer Titus Kreyenberg
in collaboration with WDR
funded by Film und Medienstiftung NRW
distribution Basis-Film Verleih
sales agent Media Luna New Films
Dialogue en perspektive - Berlinale 2011, FIPRESCI Preis Schwerin, Best Film Award Abycine
Berlinale 2011 Perspektive Deutsches Kino, World Film Festival Montreal, Intl. Filmfest Emden, Abycine Albacete International Film Festival, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Mumbay Film Festival, Bieberacher Filmfestspiele, Univerciné Nantes, Augenblick – Festival des deutschsprachigen Films im Elsass, Gwangju IFF Korea, Sao Paulo IFF Brasilien, Fünf Seen Film Festival