The Silent Revolution

The Silent Revolution

2018 · 112 min · DE · 7.4 (218 votes)
Dir. Lars Kraume · Starring Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Isaiah Michalski, Jonas Dassler, Nora Labisch · Music Julian Maas

East Germany, 1956. One minute of silence changed their lives forever.

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Stalinstadt, East Germany, 1956. While the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, teenage members of a classroom of the local school perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences.

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A quiet, simmering tension pervades this historical drama. It captures the suffocating atmosphere of a police state, where a small act of defiance echoes with profound consequences, exploring the courage found in youthful rebellion.

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