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Hurrah, the School Is Burning (1969)

Hurrah, the School Is Burning poster
Original title
Hurra, die Schule brennt
Directed by
Werner Jacobs
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
6
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Students at a German school cause chaos with pranks and mischief. The teachers try to keep order while the kids plan an adventure involving a rumored fire.

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What happens

Hurra, die Schule brennt! (German: "Hurrah, the School Is Burning!") is a 1969 German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Heintje Simons and Theo Lingen. It is the fourth of a series of school comedy films under the collective title Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank ("The Brats from the Front Bench Row"), all of them starring Hansi Kraus and Theo Lingen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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