At Max’s school, ever­y­thing is orde­red by the big book of rules of the pet­ty-min­ded head­mas­ter Schnittlich. Fun is for­bidden and nice things end up in the Farbentsafter 2000, which lea­ves only a brown pile. When Maxe cau­ses cha­os, it calls Inspector Rumpus of the Bureau for Combating Boredom to the sce­ne. The good-humou­red agent not only thwarts the director’s plans to sub­ject all schools to his rules, but also sends the child­ren on an adven­tur­ous class trip tog­e­ther with their tea­cher Frau Penne. Slapstick and curious cha­rac­ters, embo­di­ed by film and come­dy stars such as Max Giermann as Schnittlich, pro­vi­de enter­tai­ning enter­tain­ment in this children’s book adapt­a­ti­on. (NW)