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East Berlin, 1956. During a visit to the cinema in West Berlin, high school pupils Theo and Kurt see dramatic pictures of the Hungarian uprising in Budapest on the newsreel. Back at school in East Germany, they share the tragic untold news with their class and spontaneously hold 2 minutes of silence in solidarity with the young Hungarian victims during a lesson. But the gesture causes much bigger ripples than expected: the schoolchildren become objects of the political machinations of the fledgling East Germany. The People’s Education Minister condemns the action as a clearly counterrevolutionary act and demands that the ringleader be named within a week. But the schoolchildren stick together, thus facing with a decision that will change their lives for ever…
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Photo by Julia Terjung - © obs/ZDF/Julia Terjung
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The Silent Revolution is a political drama like you have never seen before. Based on true events and the eponymous book by Dietrich Garstka, the film is about a moving, untold but important chapter of the Cold War. It tells the story of a group of ordinary senior students who saw their lives changed forever by a harmless humane act of solidarity which had repercussions on the entire state apparatus.
Photo by Julia Terjung - © obs/ZDF/Julia Terjung
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The film explores universally modern themes such as freedom of thought, solidarity, cohesion, protest or even the courage to raise the voice against injustice.
The Silent Revolution was rated “highly recommended” by Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung FBW and will premiere at the Berlinale 2018.
Photo by Julia Terjung - © obs/ZDF/Julia Terjung
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Lars Kraume is one of the German filmmakers whose directing work has proved to be extremely versatile. He celebrated his first success with ‘No Songs of Love’, which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2005. In 2009 he staged the oppressive movie drama ‘The Coming Days’. Finally, his movie 'The People Vs. Fritz Bauer' at the International Film Festival of Locarno in the summer of 2015, won the audience award. At the German Film Award 2016, he was honored with a total of six Lolas - including Best Film and Best Director.
Lars Kraume has also been selected to participate in this year’s Face to Face with German Films campaign, which is highlighting six prominent German directors. The campaign will launch at this year’s Berlin Film Festival and will continue with press activities throughout 2018. Face to Face with German Films celebrates current trends in German filmmaking and promotes German cinema to international audiences.
For more information on Face to Face with German Films, please contact: OrganicInternational@organic-publicity.co.uk
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Lars Kraume knew how to surround himself with an outstanding cast, made up of established German actors such as Jordis Triebel who plays in the internationally known series ‘Dark’, Burghart Klaussner, Florian Lukas - one of the most versatile movie and TV actors in Germany - and Ronald Zehrfeld who played in ‘The People Vs. Fritz Bauer’ and who won different German prizes for the film.
Photo by Julia Terjung - © obs/ZDF/Julia Terjung
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But the cast also includes extremely promising newcomers like Leonard Scheicher who is pretty well known in the theater, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke who appeared in different German films, Jonas Dassler came to film appearances via a theatre premiere at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele or Isaiah Michalsky.
Photo by Julia Terjung - © obs/ZDF/Julia Terjung
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Leonard Scheicher (Theo), Tom Gramenz (Kurt), Lena Klenke (Lena), Jonas Dassler (Erik), Isaiah Michalski (Paul), Ronald Zehrfeld (Hermann Lemke), Carina Wiese (Ingrid Lemke), Florian Lukas (Headmaster Schwarz), Jördis Triebel (Frau Kessler), Daniel Krauss (Free German Youth Secretary Ringel), Michael Gwisdek (Edgar), Burghart Klaußner (People’s Education Minister Lange), Max Hopp (Hans Wächter), Judith Engel (Anna Wächter), Götz Schubert (Father Melzer)
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Directed by, screenplay by: Lars Kraume, Director of Photography: Jens Harant, Production Design: Olaf Schiefner, Costume Design : Esther Walz, Makeup: Jens Bartram and Judith Müller, Sound: Stefan Soltau, Edited by: Barbara Gies, Casting: Nessi Nesslauer, Producer: Miriam Düssel, Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion, Executive Producer: Susanne Freyer, Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion, Co-producers: ZDF (Caroline von Senden), Zero One Film (Thomas Kufus), STUDIOCANAL Film (Kalle Friz & Isabel Hund)
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Photo by Julia Terjung - © obs/ZDF/Julia Terjung
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