Contra
6.8
With his uncouth manner, Professor Pohl doesn’t enjoy the best reputation at the university where he works. To make matters worse, he makes a racist remark when student Naima arrives late for his lecture. Unfortunately for him, a video of his verbal outburst spreads like wildfire on the Internet, and the university’s president, Lambrecht, is called to deal with the incident. But Pohl is not dismissed. Instead, he is put to the task of helping Naima prepare for an important debating competition. The lecturer and the student could not be more different, yet they are thrown together to work as a team.
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Cast
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Nilam Farooq
Naima Hamid
Known for
The Signal
The Four of Us
Christoph Maria Herbst
Richard Pohl
Known for
Look Who's Back
Animals United
Sönke Wortmann
Doron Wisotzky
Patricia Barth
Hassan Akkouch
Mo
Known for
Layla M.
A Million Minutes
Victor Saint Macary
Stefan Gärtner
Ernst Stötzner
President Lambrecht
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Das Boot
Christoph Müller
Yaël Langmann
Meriam Abbas
Lial Hamid
Known for
8 Days
Sönke Wortmann Director · Doron Wisotzky Screenplay Holly Fink Cinematographer
First release September 22, 2020 · Produced in Germany · Languages Arabic, German
Production
Constantin Film
Production
SevenPictures Film
Production
Germany
Produced in
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Arabic · German
Release dates
Germany · September 22, 2020
Premiere · Filmkunstmesse Leipzig
Germany · October 28, 2020
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
May 26, 2022 · Premiere · German Film Festival
Spain
February 22, 2022 · Digital
Switzerland
October 1, 2020 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
October 28, 2021 · Theatrical
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