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The Silent Revolution

Das schweigende Klassenzimmer

2018
Germany
feature film - Drama
111 min.
Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

Two East German pupils see pictures of the Hungary uprising and stage a minute of silence, which leads to dire consequences.

Cast

Actor/-ess: Leonard Scheicher (Theo Lemke); Tom Gramenz (Kurt Wächter); Lena Klenke (Lena); Jonas Dassler (Erik Babinski); Isaiah Michalski (Paul); Ronald Zehrfeld (Hermann Lemke); Carina Wiese (Ingrid Lemke); Rolf Kanies (Wardetzki); Florian Lukas (Rektor Schwarz); Jördis Triebel (Frau Kessler); Daniel Krauss (FDJ-Sekretär Ringel); Michael Gwisdek (Edgar); Burghart Klaußner (Volksbildungsminister Lange); Max Hopp (Hans Wächter); Judith Engel (Anna Wächter); Götz Schubert (Pfarrer Melzer); Michael Del Coco (Grenzbeamter); Kira Zurhausen (Käthe); Nils Hohenhövel (Junger Mann)

Direction

Director: Lars Kraume

Writing

Screenplay: Lars Kraume

Based on: Dietrich Garstka

Continuity: Leonie Röll

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Jens Harant

Assistant camera / focus puller: Olaf Schiefner

Steadicam: Heinz Wehsling

Still photographer: Julia Terjung

Lighting design: Moritz Virmond

Key grip: Michael Geyer

Decor

Set design: Alexandra Pilhatsch

Property master: Jochen Piech

Stand-by props: Stefan Baumgärtner

Make-up artist: Jens Bartram; Katja Schulze; Barbara Zschetzsche; Judith Müller

Costume design: Esther Walz

Production design: Olaf Schiefner

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Barbara Gies

Stunt co-ordinator: Armin Sauer

Casting: Nessie Nesslauer

Production

Producer: Miriam Düssel; Susanne Freyer; Kalle Friz; Isabel Hund; Thomas Kufus

Editorial department: Caroline von Senden (ZDF)

Line producer: Thomas Bretschneider; Frank Hechler

Unit production manager: Holger Härtl

Location manager: Henning Falk; Carolina Ronzino; Florian Kemnitz

Companies

Production company: Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktions GmbH

in Co-Production: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF); StudioCanal GmbH; zero one film GmbH