Film · Drama, Comedy
Contra (2020)
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.
- Director
- Sönke Wortmann
- Writers
- Doron Wisotzky
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- October 28, 2020
Cast
Nilam FarooqNaima Hamid
Christoph Maria HerbstRichard Pohl
Hassan AkkouchMo
Ernst StötznerPresident Lambrecht
Meriam AbbasLial Hamid
Mohamed IssaJunis Hamid
Stefan GorskiBenjamin
Lieke HoppeJohanna
Fatima NajiGrandmother- Mustafa SheikhAli
- Cristiano PapasimosAbu
- Akim SchödelJamal
Selin DörtkardesAnissa
Cathleen BaumannMs. Thiem
Michael AbendrothChairman Disciplinary Committee- Martin LommatzschDebater
Sabrina EffenbergerStudent- Jogi KaiserMan with Clipboard
- Egzon KreyeziuKhaled
Nicola GründelWoman with Clipboard
