The Silent Revolution
“East Germany, 1956. One minute of silence changed their lives forever.”
In 1956 Stalinstadt, East Germany, during the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, local teenagers perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences.
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Cast
46 people
Leonard Scheicher
Theo Lemke
Known for
The Billion Dollar Code
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Tom Gramenz
Kurt Wächter
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Lena Klenke
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Isaiah Michalski
Paul
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Jonas Dassler
Erik Babinsky
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Nora Labisch
Klara Winkler
No other roles listed
Nele Labisch
Regina Winkler
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Ronald Zehrfeld
Hermann Lemke
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Phoenix
Carina Wiese
Irmgard Lemke
Known for
Dark
Deutschland
Florian Lukas
Principal Schwarz
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
North Face
Jördis Triebel
Frau Kessler
Known for
Dark
Babylon Berlin
Daniel Krauss
Free German Youth Secretary Lange
Known for
Rabbit Without Ears
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Lars Kraume Director · Dietrich Garstka Author Christoph Kaiser Composer
Worldwide gross $1.3M · United States release October 22, 2019 · Produced in Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,271,593
Production
Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Production
StudioCanal
Production · Studio
WunderWerk
Production
Zero One Film
Production
ZDF
Production
Akzente Film und Fernsehproduktions
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Das schweigende Klassenzimmer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Russian
Release dates
Germany · February 20, 2018
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Germany · March 1, 2018
Theatrical
United States · October 22, 2019
Digital
Argentina
September 18, 2018 · Premiere · German Film Festival
Austria
March 2, 2018 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 1, 2018 · Premiere · Film Fest Gent
March 27, 2019 · Theatrical
Canada
September 28, 2018 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 8, 2018 · Theatrical
Finland
February 17, 2021 · TV
France
February 28, 2018 · Premiere · Festival 2 Cinéma de Valenciennes
May 2, 2018 · Theatrical
October 2, 2018 · Physical · DVD
Greece
November 29, 2018 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 16, 2018 · Premiere · Jameson CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival
October 11, 2018 · Theatrical
Israel
December 27, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
May 19, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 17, 2019 · Theatrical
Norway
August 20, 2018 · Premiere · Norwegian International Film Festival
November 2, 2018 · Theatrical
Poland
November 16, 2018 · Premiere · German Film Week
June 7, 2019 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 25, 2018 · Theatrical
July 5, 2019 · TV · RTP 2 (TV premiere)
April 4, 2020 · TV · RTP 2 (TV re-release)
Spain
July 20, 2018 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 7, 2018 · Theatrical
Switzerland
April 19, 2018 · Theatrical · German
May 23, 2018 · Theatrical · French
Taiwan
April 24, 2020 · Theatrical
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