The Silent Revolution (2018 film)

The Silent Revolution
GermanDas schweigende Klassenzimmer
LiterallyThe Silent Classroom
Directed byLars Kraume
Screenplay byLars Kraume
Based onDas schweigende Klassenzimmer: Eine wahre Geschichte über Mut, Zusammenhalt und den Kalten Krieg
lit.'The Silent Classroom: A True Story about Courage, Solidarity and the Cold War'
by Dietrich Garstka
Produced by
  • Miriam Düssel
  • Susanne Freyer-Mathes
  • Kalle Friz
  • Isabel Hund
  • Thomas Kufus
Starring
  • Leonard Scheicher
  • Tom Gramenz
CinematographyJens Harant
Edited byBarbara Gies
Music by
  • Christoph M. Kaiser
  • Julian Maas
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
Running time
1 hour 51 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages
Box officeUS$1,264,193

The Silent Revolution (German: Das schweigende Klassenzimmer, lit.'The Silent Classroom') is a 2018 German historical drama film written and directed by Lars Kraume. The film depicts the true story of a high school class in the German Democratic Republic, who have a moment of silence for the victims of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and who conflict with the state, based on the book of the same name by Dietrich Garstka who was one of the students.