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The Silent Revolution

"It's a sign of protest." A protest against what?

"It's a sign of protest." A protest against what?

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"It's a sign of protest."
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A protest against what?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:20
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.
As they say, a farmer who fears every cloud is a lousy farmer. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
As they say, a farmer who fears every cloud is a lousy farme...
Comrade Mosel informed me of the graduating class's disobedience. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Comrade Mosel informed me of the graduating class's dis...
You know, Theo, I once did menial labor, too. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
You know, Theo, I once did menial labor, too.
But our comrades gave people like me the chance to become "new teachers" - The Silent Revolution 00:07
But our comrades gave people like me the chance to become &q...
I just want to sit and have tea with a student - The Silent Revolution 00:07
I just want to sit and have tea with a student
You're not some small-minded, stuck-up prig. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
You're not some small-minded, stuck-up prig.
You're someone who knows - The Silent Revolution 00:06
You're someone who knows
If a student has nothing to say so close to graduation, that's not so bad. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
If a student has nothing to say so close to graduation, that...
But if the whole class has nothing to say for two minutes? - The Silent Revolution 00:05
But if the whole class has nothing to say for two minutes?
Farmers say, - The Silent Revolution 00:11
Farmers say,
The situation in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, - The Silent Revolution 00:37
The situation in the Hungarian capital, Budapest,
The Russians are going. Hungary has a new government. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
The Russians are going. Hungary has a new government.
I had a very strange conversation with Principal Schwarz. - The Silent Revolution 00:06
I had a very strange conversation with Principal Schwarz.
Something about a worm in fall and a coming storm. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
Something about a worm in fall and a coming storm.
But his message was clear: They're going to look into our moment of silence. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
But his message was clear: They're going to look into o...
Because a moment of silence is a disagreeable act of political protest - The Silent Revolution 00:06
Because a moment of silence is a disagreeable act of...
If they ask us why we were silent, - The Silent Revolution 00:06
If they ask us why we were silent,
We were remembering an idol - The Silent Revolution 00:06
We were remembering an idol
The Hungarians won. The whole thing is over. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
The Hungarians won. The whole thing is over.
Lena is right, we can't use Puskás as an excuse. It'd be a lie. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Lena is right, we can't use Puskás as an excuse. It...