The Silent Revolution

Mar 1, 2018

1h 52m

★ 7.4

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion GmbH

StudioCanal

WunderWerk

Zero One Film

ZDF

The Silent Revolution Trailers

Cast

Theo Lemke

Leonard Scheicher

Kurt Wächter

Tom Gramenz

Lena

Lena Klenke

Paul

Isaiah Michaelski

Erik Babinsky

Jonas Dassler

Klara Winkler

Nora Labisch

Regina Winkler

Nele Labisch

Hermann Lemke

Ronald Zehrfeld

Irmgard Lemke

Carina Wiese

Principal Schwarz

Florian Lukas

Frau Kessler

Jördis Triebel

Free German Youth Secretary Lange

Daniel Krauss

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