Hurra, die Schule brennt - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank IV. Teil

Pepe Nietnagel, the perpetual class clown is the nightmare of the staff at the prestigious "Momsen Gymnasium". Known for his outrageous practical jokes, teachers, and particularly the principal are always rightfully suspicious whenever they have to deal with "that class". The commercial success of the first film, encouraged the producers and many of the cast to crank out more annual installments. The practical jokes range from innocent "rude noises" to dangerous pranks that could cause physical and material damage. Juvenile and obnoxious, but always in "good fun" ? The students may be amused, but sometimes the "grown-ups" are suffering.

This installment in the film series presents a double-ticket of well known recording artists of their time, namely the extremely popular Peter Alexander and the child star Heintje, who was at the height of his success as a pre-teen "Grandma's favorite". It is not credible, that students who are ripe for University studies would flock around these two "Schmalz" singers. Sorry, but have you heard of The Rolling Stones or The Beatles? "Heintje Songs" were hardly on teenagers' radar ca. 1970! To pretend otherwise (which they do here) is ridiculous!

Back in the day such films still ran in theaters (when I was still in grade school), I enjoyed this sort of silly fare. Today I can only give 4 out of 10 points, and would not sit through one of those yarns. You can take your chances, but I recommend skipping this nonsense!