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Die Feuerzangenbowle

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Die Feuerzangenbowle	comment	Die Feuerzangenbowle is a 1933 German novel by Heinrich Spoerl of which three film adaptations were made. The second one (b/w) from 1944 (sometimes called The Punch Bowl in English) is actually the best-known one, which is why this article will be based on this film instead of the book. That 1944 film is very close to the book, and it is also notable as (within Germany) possibly the most enduringly popular movie from Nazi Germany.The plot: The young but already successful playwright Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer (played by German star Heinz RÃ¼hmann) meets his friends, some older men who are sitting together, drinking the eponymous Feuerzangenbowle and reminiscence about their school time, the fun they had, the pranks they played on their teachers... then, Pfeiffer (with three "f") confesses that he never went to a school, having had private teachers instead, and missed all the fun. So the others suggest him jokingly (and under the influence) to disguise himself as a student and go to a school, just for a few weeks, to know how life at school is - in the small German city of Babenberg, where nobody knows about the famous author Pfeiffer. Hilarity Ensues.You can watch the movie for free on archive.org, here.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_1e1afc1b	type	Framing Device
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_1e1afc1b	comment	Framing Device: See the description.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_1eefabd2	type	Late for School
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_1eefabd2	comment	Late for School: "Schnauz", because Pfeiffer adjusted all his clocks so that he could impersonate him. Unfortunately, the superintendent wants to inspect Schnauz that very day.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Dr. Brett is noticeably younger than his fellow teachers, has no obvious quirks, and is not just competent but also unprankable (even for Pfeiffer).
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_259d5879	type	Anachronism Stew
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_259d5879	comment	Anachronism Stew: During the chemistry lesson, the element radium is mentioned, which was discovered in 1898. But in the principal's room, there's a picture of the supposed current emperor Wilhelm I on the wall - who died in 1888. Of course, the whole town is way behind the times (otherwise someone would recognize the famous young playwright).
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_32e05e5e	type	The Prankster
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_32e05e5e	comment	The Prankster: Pfeiffer again.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_40f3b23a	type	FilmOfTheBook
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_40f3b23a	comment	Film of the Book: There are three and RÃ¼hmann played the main role in the first two. The second film is the most famous by far.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_4655ec83	type	Important Haircut
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_4655ec83	comment	Important Haircut: To look like a student and not like an author.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_4c5f0662	type	Girl Next Door
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_4c5f0662	comment	Girl Next Door: Eva.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_59aee78a	type	Class Clown
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_59aee78a	comment	Class Clown: What Pfeiffer soon becomes. Hey, he has nothing to fear.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_5f6c6cc1	type	Can't Get Away with Nuthin'
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_5f6c6cc1	comment	Can't Get Away with Nuthin': In geography, the protagonist helps his fellow student by using the reflection of a pocket mirror to show him on the map where the goths (the Germanic people) went during the VÃ¶lkerwanderung. Unfortunately, Dr. Brett isn't fooled.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Most of the teachers are quite quirky, with their dialects and other peculiarities.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_680f950	type	Gilligan Cut
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_680f950	comment	Gilligan Cut: Several in a row. We see the face of the protagonist change bit by bit while he protests his friend's wacky plan: "Do you really expect me to take off my dear moustache, cut the long hair, put on some glasses and a student's uniform?"
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_6fb5cb83	type	I Gave My Word
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_6fb5cb83	comment	I Gave My Word: When the principal needs Pfeiffer to keep up the teacher impersonation so as not to embarrass the whole school in front of the superintendent, he promises not to punish Pfeiffer. After the superintendent is gone, Pfeiffer is annoyed that he still won't be kicked out of school (the impersonation was supposed to be his grand finale). The principal replies that he gave his word.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_75f626a5	type	Nostalgia Filter
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_75f626a5	comment	Nostalgia Filter: Wilhelmine Germany never was so light-hearted and funny as in this movie.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_77d826c7	type	Stern Teacher
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_77d826c7	comment	Stern Teacher: Dr. Brett. Due to Executive Meddling, since the NS propaganda wanted a teacher who wasn't a joke character.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_81706730	type	Emergency Impersonation
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_81706730	comment	Emergency Impersonation: After Pfeiffer causes "Schnauz" to be late, he dresses up as the teacher and gives the lesson in his place. He also invites a class from the nearby girls' school over. When the superintendent makes a surprise visit to inspect Schnauz, who is up for a promotion, the principal begs Pfeiffer to keep up the masquerade. Pfeiffer does so admirably. Then the real Schnauz walks in.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_94e4c8ab	type	Betty and Veronica
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_94e4c8ab	comment	Betty and Veronica: Marion, originally Pfeiffer's girlfriend, is the Veronica. Eva, 17-year-old daughter of the school's Direktor (principal), is Betty. Who wins at the end.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_96d2ce42	type	In Vino Veritas
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_96d2ce42	comment	In Vino Veritas: Those stuffy old German guys are really fond of good pranks.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_96e5792c	type	Moral Guardians
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_96e5792c	comment	Moral Guardians: Education minister Rust tried to stop the movie on account of it making fun of school and authorities. Heinz RÃ¼hmann saved it by showing the movie in a private show to Hermann GÃ¶ring, who convinced Adolf Hitler otherwise, and trumped Rust. At the time, Germany was making lots of comedies to keep up the people's spirit.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_9d3f4777	type	My Nayme Is
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_9d3f4777	comment	My Nayme Is: Subverted by Pfeiffer. "Your name?" - "Pfeiffer." - "With one or two F?" - "With three." - "Three??" - "One before the 'ei', two after." note Mention "Pfeiffer with three F" in Germany and everyone will know who you are talking about.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_9ed90b36	type	Elopement
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_9ed90b36	comment	Elopement: Towards the end, Pfeiffer threatens to do this with Eva just to get thrown out of school which still hasn't happened after all he's done.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_abd29ad8	type	No-Sell
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_abd29ad8	comment	No-Sell: One does not simply successfully prank Dr. Brett.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_aeda9dd8	type	Private Tutor
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_aeda9dd8	comment	Private Tutor: The reason Pfeiffer missed out on school and all those delicious pranks.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: BÃ¶mmel's "Da stellen wir uns einmal janz dumm..." (Let's act real dumb...)
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: After "Schnauz" gets in trouble with the principal for making the seniors drunk, Pfeiffer confesses that they were just pretending.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_c32ff031	type	Xanatos Gambit
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_c32ff031	comment	Xanatos Gambit: The "Closed due to construction" sign on the school gates. The normal reaction would be for the teachers to go outside and remove the sign. No day off, but everyone would know that all the teachers plus the principal have been pranked. Pfeiffer would win by fooling them all in one fell swoop. BÃ¶mmel's suggestion is to leave the sign hanging and make the school building look like there has been actual construction work. The school would stay closed for a day, but the teachers keep their dignity, so this is what they actually do. Still, Pfeiffer wins by giving all students a day off.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_c4b0faae	type	Can't Hold His Liquor
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_c4b0faae	comment	Can't Hold His Liquor: Subverted as a prank. When the chemistry teacher "Schnauz" lets the students taste "a teensy-tiny drop" of alcohol (blueberry wine), all of them act as if they were completely drunk.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_c83cd6b8	type	The Nicknamer
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_c83cd6b8	comment	The Nicknamer: The students call the chemistry teacher "Schnauz" (for his big moustache), the physics teacher "BÃ¶mmel" and the principal "Zeus".
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_d0c13631	type	Mrs. Robinson
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_d0c13631	comment	Mrs. Robinson: BÃ¶mmel suspects Marion of being this when she comes looking for her fiancee. She is not actually older than Pfeiffer, but the latter is pretending to be of school age.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_d8573ef9	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_d8573ef9	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Used by RÃ¼hmann for a good effect. Play out Hitler himself against his minister to save the movie from being forbidden.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_da72023b	type	Back to School
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_da72023b	comment	Back to School: The whole premise (though the purpose is just for fun).
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Dr. Brett, probably to appease the Nazi Moral Guardians. It is no coincidence that the one class we see him teach is about The Migration Period.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_ea85d6ea	type	All Just a Dream
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_ea85d6ea	comment	All Just a Dream: At the end, we learn that Pfeiffer didn't realize this zany idea. He just thinks it would have been great.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_f8730dfc	type	Clock Tampering
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_f8730dfc	comment	Clock Tampering: Pfeiffer manages to set all clocks at Professor Crey's home he can get hold of back by one hour. This being Pfeiffer, it's of course part of something way more elaborate.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_fbd285b7	type	Comically Missing the Point
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: Intentionally. One day, Pfeiffer puts up a sign at the school gate which tells that there's no school that day. After being fooled like that, the teachers decide to act as if nothing happened. Which leads to this dialogue:
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_fc151e9d	type	Department of Redundancy Department
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: Thanks to blueberry wine. Or not?
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Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_fe26cb03	type	Real Name as an Alias
Die Feuerzangenbowle / int_fe26cb03	comment	Real Name as an Alias: Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer becomes the student Hans Pfeiffer ("Hans" being a common abbreviation).
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