Das schweigende Klassenzimmer (2018)

Das schweigende Klassenzimmer: Directed by Lars Kraume. With Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Isaiah Michalski. A group of twelfth-grade pupils decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.

“I enjoyed watching this film. Based on a true story, it faithfully reproduces the atmosphere of the post-war period, a few years before the building of the Berlin Wall. The direction is sober, apart from the tear-jerking sequence with Jonas Dassler crying in a church. Good acting and plot twists kept my attention until the end. I was moved by the situation of these young people. I also appreciated the values they share, such as solidarity and fraternity. With all they have to go through, itu0026#39;s clear that living at that time in East Germany was not a bed of roses.”