The School Teacher 1981

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

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The cast

Coluche Gérard Barbier

Josiane Balasko Jacqueline Lajoie, depressed teacher

Jacques Debary School Director

Roland Giraud Monsieur Meignant, unionized teacher

Charlotte de Turckheim Charlotte, Gérard's fiancée

André Chaumeau Educational Advisor

Jean Champion School Inspector

Georges Staquet Gérard's father

Claude Bertrand Charlotte's father

Anne-Marie Jabraud Charlotte's mother

Yvette Petit Germaine, restaurant owner and Sophie's mother

Christian Bouillette Clothing Store Manager

Jacques Martial Léopold, nurse at the hospital where Jacqueline Lajoie is

Jean-Pierre Bagot Mayor and father of Nicolas

Top billing shown. Full cast and crew on IMDB ↗

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