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| Jürgen Vogel | ... | Rainer Wenger | |
| Frederick Lau | ... | Tim Stoltefuss | |
| Max Riemelt | ... | Marco | |
| Jennifer Ulrich | ... | Karo | |
| Christiane Paul | ... | Anke Wenger | |
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Jacob Matschenz | ... | Dennis |
| Cristina do Rego | ... | Lisa | |
| Elyas M'Barek | ... | Sinan | |
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Maximilian Vollmar | ... | Bomber |
| Max Mauff | ... | Kevin (as Maximilian Mauff) | |
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Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow | ... | Ferdi |
| Tim Oliver Schultz | ... | Jens | |
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Amelie Kiefer | ... | Mona |
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Fabian Preger | ... | Kaschi |
| Odine Johne | ... | Maja | |
High school teacher, Rainer Wenger, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more invested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves? Written by napierslogs
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An amiable German social sciences teacher has to teach his children about an autocratic government. The children at first seem bored, not wanting to hear any more about The Third Reich and Nazism. The teacher is surprised. "We're too knowledgeable to ever fall into something like that again," say the students. The teacher then decides to show the children what it's like to live in an autocracy, and sets up a simple experiment in class. They elect a leader (him) and he begins to instill in them (merely as an example) the virtues and practices that accompany an autocracy ("Strength through discipline", "Work as one"). The students take to it, and become obsessed with it. Soon, what was a simple classroom experiment grows to a social entity all it's own, with the teacher not sure if he can reverse the effects.
The film was very well acted and written, and was seriously creepy. It showed how - easily a society could fall into fascism, if presented to the society in the correct way. Watching the film, I understood why the students enjoyed the new system, but was also privy to the horrors that come with it. A shocking and powerful film. The way the different children reacted and how such a seemingly innocent experiment profoundly affected their lives was incredible and horrifying. Vogel gives a powerful performance as an idealistic teacher who isn't aware of the influence he has on others. Worth seeing.