
Keywords
- Einhundertvier
- Location: Cologne
- Made in Germany
- Politics: Human Rights
- Topic: Refugees
- Berlin
- education
- politics
- refugees
Actors
- Ismahan T. Ali
- Simona Gianini
- Saul L. Galvez
- Abdul W. Gharane
- Bünyamin Özdemir
Director
- Karin Jurschick
Documentary, Independent
1h 30min
16+
DE
More and more immigrants have been the landing in Germany since the 1950's. But it wasn't until 2005 that a new immigration law went into effect.
More and more immigrants have been the landing in Germany since the 1950's. But it wasn't until 2005 that a new immigration law went into effect.
Among other regulations, this law requires non-European immigrants pass a difficult language test (Zertifikat Deutsch) to get citizenship or an extension of their residency permits. Karin Jurschick's film documents one of these so-called integration courses at an adult education center in Cologne. Here language students from China, Somalia, Afghanistan, Marocco and the Dominican Republic try to learn German. (Note: the coursecertificate is now called "Zertifikat Integrationskurs" which encompasses the German language exam and test about German culture, civics and history shown in the film.)