The Fire Tongs Bowl
Die Feuerzangenbowle
The title refers to the Feuerzangenbowle punch consumed by a group of gentlemen in the opening scene. While they exchange nostalgic stories about their schooldays, the successful young writer Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer realizes he missed out on something because he was taught at home and never attended school. He decides to make up for it by masquerading as a student at a small-town high school. At the school, he quickly gains a reputation as a prankster. Together with his classmates, he torments his professors Crey, Bömmel, and Headmaster Knauer with adolescent mischief. His girlfriend Marion unsuccessfully tries to persuade him to give up his foolish charade. Eventually, he falls in love with the headmaster's daughter and discloses his identity after provoking the teachers into expelling him from school.
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Walter Giller
as Hans Pfeiffer
Rudolf Schündler
as Musiklehrer
Ivan Desny
as Marions Filmpartner
Wolfgang Lukschy
as Mitglied der Tischrunde
Harry Wüstenhagen
as Mitglied der Tischrunde
Tilo von Berlepsch
as Diener
Gerd Lohmeyer
as Luck
Helen Vita
as Frau Windscheid
Willi Rose
as Klemke
Theo Lingen
as Professor Crey
Fritz Tillmann
as Direktor Knauer
Nadja Tiller
as Marion Xylander
Wolfgang Condrus
as Husemann
Ulrich Beiger
as Mitglied der Tischrunde
Karl-Josef Cramer
as Rosen
Uschi Glas
as Eva Knauer
Willy Reichert
as Proessor Bömmel
Hans Richter
as Dr. Brett
Alice Treff
as Frau Knauer
Albert Lieven
as Mitglied der Tischrunde
