The Silent Revolution

IMDb link: 6576556
IMDb rating: 7.4 (6,519 votes)
Genres: Drama, History
Director: Lars Kraume
Cast: Carmen-Maja Antoni, Peter Bulkowski, Carl Heinz Choynski, Lena Klenke, Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Isaiah Michalski and others

Release date: 22 Oct 2019
Release year: 2018
Runtime: 111 minutes
Country: Germany
Keywords: east germany, hungarian revolution of 1956, 1950s, east berlin east germany, year 1956, solidarity, based on true story, border crossing, west berlin west germany, school

Plot:

An entire classroom of twelfth graders in the Communist-controlled German Democratic Republic is traumatized when they discover what is really happening during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. This forbidden information brings them into conflict with the school and government authorities, and only by sticking together can they save one or all members of the class from persecution. Family ties are also called into question.

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