Young thorns (film)

Movie
German title	Young thorns
Original title	To sir, with love
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1967
length	106 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	James Clavell
script	James Clavell
production	James Clavell
music	Ron Grainer
camera	Paul Beeson
cut	Peter Thornton
occupation
Sidney Poitier : Mark Thackeray Christian Roberts : Bert Denham Judy Geeson : Pamela Dare Lulu : Barbara "Babs" Pegg Suzy Kendall : Ms. Gillian Blanchard Christopher Chittell : Potter Adrienne Posta : Moira Joseph Gareth Robinson : Tich Jackson Lynne Sue Moon : Miss Wong Anthony Villaroel : Seales Richard Willson : Curly Michael Des Barres : Williams Faith Brook : Ms. Grace Evans Geoffrey Bayldon : Mr. Theo Weston Patricia Routledge : Clinty Clintridge Edward Burnham : Headmaster Florian

Young Thorns (new title: Challenged , Originally To Sir, With Love ) is a 1967 Columbia Pictures Corporation film based on the autobiographical novel To Sir, With Love by ER Braithwaite . The German edition was published under the title Mit Liebe. Adventure novel about young people .

action

Mark Thackeray is an unemployed engineer accepting a teaching position in London's problematic East End . He soon finds out that the students are extremely violent. Led by Bert Denham and Pamela Dare, they are trying to take power in the class. Thackeray tries to remain calm and level-headed at first, but then lets himself be provoked. Finally, he introduces stricter rules and at the same time tries to treat the students like adults. Thackeray wins part of the class, but not Denham. The conflict escalates more and more.

The film ends with the class graduation party, to which Thackeray is invited and receives a gift from the students. Although he has just got a job in his learned profession as an engineer, he then decided to continue working as a teacher.

background

The film opened on June 14, 1967 in the United States and on October 29, 1967 in Great Britain. The German version was shown under the title Junge Dornen from October 31, 1967 in the West German and from August 23, 1968 in the GDR cinemas.

The DVD was released on February 1, 2000 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , now under the new German title Challenged .

British pop singer Lulu sings the theme song To Sir With Love .

Reviews

• Dirk Jasper: “Sidney Poitier as Thackeray in a dramatic role. Crackling tension until the last minute. "
• Lexicon of international film: "Intended as an appeal to parents and educators, the technically cleanly staged film loses credibility due to its simplistic psychology and euphemistic presentation."
• The Evangelische Film-Beobachter comes to a similar assessment : “The film is too much sweetened by the attached ending and no longer does justice to the topic, the otherwise good acting film can only be viewed as moderate entertainment. But only from 16 years! "

Web links

• To Sir, with Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Young thorns. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 518/1967