Die Störenfriede

• Edgar Bennert: Teacher Bohle
• Sonja Haacker: teacher Ellen Hellberg, Pioneer Head
• Charlotte Küter: Female Spengler, mother of Schorsch
• Erich Mirek: Mr. Wilder, father of Vera
• Maria Rouvel: Mrs. Wilder
• Aribert Grimmer: Mr. Kruger, father of Franz
• Manfred Borges: Fritz Spengler, brother of Schorsch
• Iva Besson: music teacher
• Herbert Schreier: Young sports teacher
• Hans Rogge: Gentleman with umbrella
• August Schlichting: Senior man with goatee
• Elisabeth Albrecht: Old lady
• Gerhard Wollner: BGL - Chairman
• Paul Pentecost: heater
• Anna -Maria Besendahl: Manfred's mother
• Siegfried Weiß: Erich's father
• Otto Sommer: 1 teacher
• Alois Kruger: 2 teachers
• Hermann Stetza: 3 Teachers
• Otto Groll: passerby
• Susanne Pleger: Vera
• Günther Kruse: Schorsch
• Werner Sajonz: Franz
• Jörg Morré: Walter, called Professor
• Hannelore Maass: Gerda
• Gisela Wood: Friedel, called Pummel
• Wilfried Griphan: Manfred
• Siegfried Kruska: Willi
• Gerhard Fuerstenau: Erich
• Harald square: mosquito
• Horst Radtke: spider
• Gertrud Goese: Elsie
• Eva Schumacher: Karla
• Jürgen Bartholdi: Hans
• Jochen Zanger: Alfred
• Günter Lagoon: mace

The troublemakers is a German children's film DEFA by Wolfgang Schleif from the year 1953.

Action

After posting her father's 13 -year-old Vera has to visit a school. The pupils of her new class 7b they welcome friendly. Only the two troublemakers of the class, Franz and Schorsch, immediately nuisance of himself. The teachers and especially the good-natured teacher Bohle have long since given up trying to educate the two, and the class is their strike against listless. Vera decides to act alone, however, can do little: The two boys have no interest to be re-educated to good boys, Vera's father supported the daughter hardly and also the friendship Council chairman, " Professor " views the project over pessimistic.

Vera is an enthusiastic pioneer, but the pioneer director Ellen can you stand to one side only with advice for a medical condition. With their vigor Vera brings the other pioneers behind him - much to the displeasure of the bookworm "Professor ", who previously was in charge. Vera has found that Franz, who has already found by Veras efforts following the pioneers, and interest Schorsch for the railroad. They organized for the whole class a tour of the locomotive plant in the city and Schorsch may even drive on the locomotive. In the end, Vera, Franz and Schorsch stand on the railway bridge and watch the passing trains. Both boys now want to be decent schoolmates and good students.

Production

The troublemakers was filmed from the summer of 1950 in Schwerin with the children of the city in supporting roles. The official premiere took place at the same time on 26 June 1956 performed at the Berlin Babylon and the DEFA film theater chestnut avenue. Just one day before the film was shown in Schwerin Capitol. At the time of the premiere of West Berlin Wolfgang Schleif had already left the GDR.

The troublemakers was the first DEFA children's film in color and the third color film of the DEFA. With around 4.4 million viewers The troublemakers among the most successful children's films of DEFA.

Criticism

The critics reacted divided on the film. Particularly the character of Vera was criticized that " sometimes a little too like old [ speaks ] ": " For a long footage across Vera must represent a virtuous beings with far too often raised index finger. Although this is a positive heroine ' according to the will of the author, but it lacks the negative hero '. " It adds that " the government does not bridge the lack of adventurous in the script, " he considers the film" from Cinematically - optical forth as able to designate ".

Ingelore King, Dieter Wiedemann and Lothar Wolf called The Troublemakers 1996 in retrospect a " papery [n ] entertainment film, the clever individualists trims in sumptuous colors on mediocrity. "

The filmdienst was: " Helpless Actor in a voltage-free action that imposes contributors implausible dialogue. Educational children's film from the heyday of socialist realism " "