The Silent Revolution
2018 · Movie · PG · 112 min · ★ 7.4 · 84% critics
In 1950s East Germany, a group of high school students makes a quiet gesture of solidarity after hearing news from abroad. What seems like a harmless moment is treated as a political threat, drawing the class into intense scrutiny and forcing them to weigh friendship, family pressure, and personal conscience.
Also known as Das schweigende Klassenzimmer
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Details
- Original title
- Das schweigende Klassenzimmer
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-03-01
- Language
- German
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (257 votes)
About
If you enjoy thoughtful historical dramas about everyday courage under authoritarian pressure, this should land, especially if you liked A Woman in Berlin; Not for you if you want light escapism or clear-cut villains.
Pros: tense moral pressure; moving true-story feel; strong ensemble emotions | Cons: some melodrama; uneven final stretch; occasionally heavy-handed message
Themes
- high school
- police state
- classroom
- freedom of speech
- east germany
- hungarian revolution
- 1950s
- freedom of expression
Cast & crew
Leonard Scheicher
as Theo Lemke
Tom Gramenz
as Kurt Wächter
Lena Klenke
as Lena
- IM
Isaiah Michalski
as Paul
Jonas Dassler
as Erik Babinsky
- NL
Nora Labisch
as Klara Winkler
- NL
Nele Labisch
as Regina Winkler
Ronald Zehrfeld
as Hermann Lemke
Carina Wiese
as Irmgard Lemke
Florian Lukas
as Principal Schwarz
Directed by Lars Kraume