The Silent Revolution

2018
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Title: The Silent Revolution

Original Title: Das schweigende Klassenzimmer

Year: 2018

Info

Release Dates

  • United States: October 22 2019

Plot

A pair of pupils from sixth-grade, Theo and Kurt, get their classmates to participate in a silent protest in solidarity the victims of the violent uprising, as a way to commemorate their deaths and the dead of their their Communist soccer hero. They start this memorial at class, leaving the teacher in shock. He doesn't know why why his pupils aren't answering any of his questions, and that makes him really angry. Every action has an equal oposite reaction and in Germany every action has political consequences. They end up being investigated by the headmaster of the school, the Education Board and the Minister of Education himself in order to find answers. They don't understand what exactly is the goal of the protest, but in order to end it they decide to give the entire class a warning. They will have only one week to reveal the person responsible for the idea, or they won't be able to graduate.

Cast

Director:

Lars Kraume Lars Kraume

Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

Volksbildungsminister Lange

Jonas Dassler

Jonas Dassler

Erik Babinsky

Tom Gramenz

Tom Gramenz

Kurt Wächter

Ronald Zehrfeld

Ronald Zehrfeld

Hermann Lemke

Jördis Triebel

Jördis Triebel

Frau Kessler

Sina Ebell

Sina Ebell

Kellnerin Eva

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Trivia

Before an Historical Moment

The film is set in 1956, just five years before the bulding of the Berlin Wall that divided the city.

Nominee in the "German BAFTAs"

The film was nominee to four awards in the German Film Awards: Best Picture, Screenplay, Costume Design and Cinematography. It couldn´t get any of them.

The director repeats with German history

It is the new film of Lars Kraume, the director of '[THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER]'.

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