Teacher — Germany, Year Zero Character Profile

About Teacher

Herr Henning, Edmund's former schoolmaster, secretly harbors Nazi ideology. He manipulates Edmund by giving him a Hitler recording to sell and espouses a ruthless survival of the fittest philosophy, later denying any involvement in the boy's actions.

Character Facts

Played by

Erich Gühne

Appears in

Germany, Year Zero (1948)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Teacher — Professional Former Student — Edmund (Edmund Moeschke)

  Teacher is Edmund's former educator who re-emerges as a corrupting influence.

• Teacher — Conflict Ideological Influence — Father (Ernst Pittschau)

  Teacher's social Darwinist philosophy indirectly condemns the father's suffering in Edmund's eyes.

• Teacher — Unknown Indirect Influence — Eva (Ingetraud Hinze)

  Teacher's nihilistic worldview permeates the environment Eva must navigate to survive.

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• Father (Ernst Pittschau)
• Eva (Ingetraud Hinze)
• Karl-Heinz (Franz-Otto Krüger)
• Eva's Friend (uncredited) (Alexandra Manys)
• General Von Laubniz (uncredited) (Franz von Treuberg)
• Rademacher's Daughter (uncredited) (Babsi Schultz-Reckewell)
• Frau Rademaker (Heidi Blänkner)
• Christl (uncredited) (Christl Merker)
• General's Woman (uncredited) (Gaby Raak)
• Refugee (uncredited) (Inge Rocklitz)
• Herr Rademaker (uncredited) (Hans Sangen)