Oct 28, 1981
95 min
Full-HD

The School Teacher (1981)

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.

Category

Comedy

Country

France

Companies

Renn Productions

Coluche

Gérard Barbier

Josiane Balasko

Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher

Jacques Debary

School Director

Roland Giraud

Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher

Charlotte de Turckheim

Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée

André Chaumeau

Educational Advisor

Jean Champion

School Inspector

Georges Staquet

Gérard's father

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