This is a region-free DVD+R without case or artwork.
In German with English subtitles. The original German title of the film is
Die Feuerzangenbowle.
Based on the book of the same name, The Punch Bowl follows the book closely as its author, Heinrich Spoerl, also wrote the script for the movie. Both tell the story of a famous writer going undercover as a student at a small town secondary school after his friends tell him that he missed out on the best part of growing up by being educated at home. The story in the book takes place during the time of the Wilhelmine Empire in Germany. The movie was produced and released in Germany during the last years of World War II and has been called a "masterpiece of timeless, cheerful escapism." The movie stars
Heinz Rühmann in the role of the student Hans Pfeiffer, which is remarkable as Rühmann was already 42 years old at that time.
