Das doppelte College (1950)

Das doppelte College: Directed by Frank Launder. With Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull, Richard Wattis. Chaos ensues for staff and students alike when an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.

“This film, without doubt, is the clearest example of the British humour the Germans canu0026#39;t understand. One-liners run rampant in a film spawning one of the greatest series of films in British cinema history (St.Trinians). The story of bureaucratic incompetence amid post-war trials enables Frank Launder to direct maximum talent from all the cast. Itu0026#39;s probably the only film in which Margaret Rutherford meets her match, in Alastair Sim, for forceful characterisation (she still wins though). Joyce Grenfell (bless her) and Richard Wattis both deserve mentions in Dightonu0026#39;s masterpiece of English etiquette and stiff upper lip under pressure.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNo Rutherford/Sim/Grenfell fan would be without this in their collection. Absolutely brilliant. Why 9/10? Only 83mins long.”