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Is that why you've come here? To tell me platitudes?
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The Silent Revolution

Is that why you've come here?To tell me platitudes?

Is that why you've come here?
To tell me platitudes?

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Is that why you've come here? To tell me platitudes?
Duration
4 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:56
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
drama, history
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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.
That's where a couple of SA men tried to hang me from a wire. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
That's where a couple of SA men tried to hang me from a...
I want the ringleaders. I'll make sure they don't get diplomas. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
I want the ringleaders. I'll make sure they don't ...
Would you say Theo's character is similar to yours? - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Would you say Theo's character is similar to yours?
I would say there are similarities and differences. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
I would say there are similarities and differences.
Then let's hope that your son - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Then let's hope that your son
I don't know, it... - ...was passed down the rows. I know. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
I don't know, it... - ...was passed down the rows. I kn...
Your father took part in the workers' uprising in '53. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
Your father took part in the workers' uprising in '...
Still, he was given the chance to start over again here in Stalinstadt. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Still, he was given the chance to start over again here in S...
He was given a secure livelihood for your whole family, your siblings, too. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
He was given a secure livelihood for your whole family, your...
Your grandmother, who is a seamstress for the cooperative, - The Silent Revolution 00:06
Your grandmother, who is a seamstress for the cooperative,
If you want her to keep her job, tell me who's leading the counter-revolution. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
If you want her to keep her job, tell me who's leading ...
I've now listened to all of your classmates' lies, Erik. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
I've now listened to all of your classmates' lies,...
I have a file here on your father, Franz. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
I have a file here on your father, Franz.
I'm afraid your mother didn't tell you the whole truth about him. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
I'm afraid your mother didn't tell you the whole t...
But he collaborated with the Nazis and betrayed other communists. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
But he collaborated with the Nazis and betrayed other commun...
TRAITOR - The Silent Revolution 00:07
TRAITOR
Either you tell me whose idea it was, - The Silent Revolution 00:08
Either you tell me whose idea it was,
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.