Help, I Shrunk My Teacher

Help, I Shrunk My Teacher (German: Hilfe, ich hab meine Lehrerin geschrumpft) is a 2015 German children's film directed by Sven Unterwaldt. It is based on the 2007 children's book Hilfe, ich hab meine Lehrerin geschrumpft by Sabine Ludwig. the film stars Oskar Keymer and Lina Hüesker along with Anja Kling, Axel Stein, Justus von Dohnányi and Otto Waalkes.

Help, I Shrunk My Teacher
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sven Unterwaldt
Based on	Hilfe, ich hab meine Lehrerin geschrumpft by Sabine Ludwig
Produced by	Corinna Mehner Hans Eddy Schreiber
Starring	Anja Kling Axel Stein Justus von Dohnányi Otto Waalkes
Cinematography	Stephan Schuh
Edited by	Stefan Essl
Music by	Leland Cox
Production companies	Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion[1] blue eyes Fiction[1] Karibufilm[1] Minifilm[1]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH[1]
Release date	17 December 2015 (2015-12-17)
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	Germany Austria
Language	German
Box office	$8.5 million[2]

The film was released on 17 December 2015 by Sony Pictures Releasing and it received mixed reviews.^[3] Two sequels, Help, I Shrunk my Parents and Help, I Shrunk My Friends were released in 2018 and 2021.

Plot

Félix Vorndran is a shy 11-year-old boy who has just transferred to the Otto-Leonhard Gymnasium. He discovers that the school is haunted by the spirit of its founder, Otto Leonhard — but not in a scary way. Otto can communicate with Félix and even grants him a strange magical ability.

Félix’s strict and feared principal, Dr. Schmitt-Gössenwein, constantly gives him trouble. During a confrontation, Félix suddenly uses the school’s magic without meaning to… and accidentally shrinks her to only 15 centimeters! With the principal now tiny, panicked, and furious, Félix must hide her from his classmates and parents. He teams up with his best friends, Ella and Mario, to find a way to reverse the spell. Meanwhile, the shrunken principal begins to see the world from a different perspective and learns to appreciate her students.

Things get complicated when the school’s vice principal — who wants to take over the school for himself — discovers that something strange is going on. Félix must protect his tiny principal, fix the magic mistake, and expose the bad guy. In the end, through teamwork, courage, and a little more magic from Otto Leonhard, Félix manages to restore the principal and save the school — while also becoming more confident.

Cast

• Oskar Keymer as Felix Vorndran
• Lina Hüesker as Ella Borsig
• Anja Kling as Dr. Adelheid Schmitt-Gössenwein
• Axel Stein as Peter Vorndran
• Daniela Preuß as Sandra Vorndran
• Justus von Dohnányi as Schulrat Henning
• Otto Waalkes as Otto Leonhard
• Georg A. Sulzer as Mario Henning
• Maximilian Ehrenreich as Chris
• Eloi Christ as Robert
• Johannes Zeiler as Michalsky
• Michael Ostrowski as Lehrer Coldegol