German Class

Name: German Class
Director: Florian Heinzen-Ziob
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-05-16
Rating: 6.0

Award-winning documentary on language acquisition and integration

2019 · 89 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

Ute Vecchio has two years to prepare children who have just arrived from other countries for the German school system. The challenges she faces are just as diverse as the cultures the children originate from.

Directed by Florian Heinzen-Ziob

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