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What good is a revolution if it's only in our minds
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The Silent Revolution

What good is a revolution if it's only in our minds?

Kurt Wächter: What good is a revolution if it's only in our minds?

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What good is a revolution if it's only in our minds
Duration
3 seconds
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39
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:28
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.
"Revolution?" - The Silent Revolution 00:05
"Revolution?"
This could mean big-time trouble. - So what? - The Silent Revolution 00:05
This could mean big-time trouble. - So what?
I assume - The Silent Revolution 00:08
I assume
Believe in socialism, in capitalism or even in the monarchy. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Believe in socialism, in capitalism or even in the monarchy.
What counts - The Silent Revolution 00:06
What counts
You did something else - The Silent Revolution 00:07
You did something else
You revealed yourselves - The Silent Revolution 00:05
You revealed yourselves
The individual must conform, or there will be anarchy. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
The individual must conform, or there will be anarchy.
It's an idea I'm not averse to, but that's irrelevant now. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
It's an idea I'm not averse to, but that's ir...
Have you understood what I'm trying to tell you - The Silent Revolution 00:11
Have you understood what I'm trying to tell you
Because you thought for yourselves and acted upon those thoughts. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Because you thought for yourselves and acted upon those thou...
And I do believe your principal is right when he says - The Silent Revolution 00:08
And I do believe your principal is right when he says
Who's for an excuse, and who wants to stick by our show of solidarity? - The Silent Revolution 00:05
Who's for an excuse, and who wants to stick by our show...
Really do it. - Go on, Kurt. You're angry, too. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
Really do it. - Go on, Kurt. You're angry, too.
Is Erik home? - Yes. He'll be glad you dropped by. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
Is Erik home? - Yes. He'll be glad you dropped by.
We all plan on saying the moment of silence was only in memory of Puskás. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
We all plan on saying the moment of silence was only in memo...
Comrade Kessler from the district school board has some questions. - The Silent Revolution 00:04
Comrade Kessler from the district school board has some ques...
It's about the moment of silence you held in history class a few days ago. - The Silent Revolution 00:05
It's about the moment of silence you held in history cl...
Just so you know, - The Silent Revolution 00:06
Just so you know,
So you're saying - The Silent Revolution 00:07
So you're saying