Get the latest gossip
The Teachers’ Lounge’: Director Ilker Çatak Reflects On The International Appeal Of His Intense Schoolroom Drama
'The Teachers' Lounge' director Ilker Catak taps into his own life experiences in his Oscar-nominated film.
Channeling the dark spirit of Michael Haneke, it stars Leonie Benesch as Carla Nowak, a teacher at a public school where a series of thefts have been taking place. You guys take care of that.” And that was just really refreshing to me to be working with an actor who’s coming from that kind of school and really just trusting me as the director. I mean, the thing is, I don’t know if you’ve ever been to the subway in Berlin or in Germany in general, but it’s a bit different than all other cities in the world.
Or read this on Deadline