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The Silent Revolution

Either you tell me whose idea it was, or we'll publish the story aboutyour father in the...

Either you tell me whose idea it was, or we'll publish the story about
your father in the paper next week

Full Transcript

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Either you tell me whose idea it was,
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or we'll publish the story about your father in the paper next week.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:15:55
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
drama, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A group of twelfth-grade pupils in East Germany decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.
You're accusing the city council chairman's son. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
You're accusing the city council chairman's son.
You'll repeat that in front of the class when the ultimatum expires. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
You'll repeat that in front of the class when the ultim...
Oh, Erik. Go ahead and take that picture with you. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
Oh, Erik. Go ahead and take that picture with you.
Put the weapon down, boy. - You goddamn filthy Nazi! - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Put the weapon down, boy. - You goddamn filthy Nazi!
How did my father die? - Erik, I don't know what you mean. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
How did my father die? - Erik, I don't know what you me...
They would have published the story about my father in the paper. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
They would have published the story about my father in the p...
All we have on record to date is this: - The Silent Revolution 00:06
All we have on record to date is this:
I'm taking your father's political office - The Silent Revolution 00:14
I'm taking your father's political office
Erik is going to prison for at least ten years as it is. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Erik is going to prison for at least ten years as it is.
Say it was Erik. He'll do time anyway. Then it'll be over. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Say it was Erik. He'll do time anyway. Then it'll ...
You won't ruin your future over something like this. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
You won't ruin your future over something like this.
They're just calling on me. But I won't play along. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
They're just calling on me. But I won't play along...
Because I betrayed our friendship? - Come on, Kurt. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
Because I betrayed our friendship? - Come on, Kurt.
The others should get their diplomas. Will you see to that? - The Silent Revolution 00:04
The others should get their diplomas. Will you see to that?
To Königs-Wusterhausen. I'll get the first train tomorrow. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
To Königs-Wusterhausen. I'll get the first train tomorr...
I couldn't say bye to Lena. Tell her... - Tell her what? - The Silent Revolution 00:05
I couldn't say bye to Lena. Tell her... - Tell her what...
...to the American sector. - The Silent Revolution 00:07
...to the American sector.
Your son claimed he was taking the train to the West - The Silent Revolution 00:09
Your son claimed he was taking the train to the West
My father-in-law was an infantryman in the Waffen SS. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
My father-in-law was an infantryman in the Waffen SS.
So you knew your son was traveling into the American sector - The Silent Revolution 00:08
So you knew your son was traveling into the American sector