The film of the same name premiers at this year's Berlin Film Festival. Official start March 1st 2018.
Spiegel Bestseller
Contemporary History
“An intense chapter in the everyday history of the Cold War.” Der Spiegel
“A moving and engaging story about the courage of young people during a time of political oppression.” Vogue Germany
Students who defied a dictatorship. A true story of courage and solidarity in the former GDR.
Rights sold to: Japan (Alphabeta Books)
The Silent Revolution
Das schweigende Klassenzimmer
Eine wahre Geschichte über Mut, Zusammenhalt und den Kalten Krieg
GDR, November 1956: A high school class responds to the suppression of the Hungarian uprising with a moment of silence. What was meant to be a spontaneous action becomes a full blown political scandal. The ringleaders are wanted by the state security, but not found. Against all threats and blackmail students and parents hold together. Finally, the students decide to flee as a group to West Berlin. Their lives changed forever. A dramatic account of the reality of the GDR dictatorship.
Dietrich Garstka was one of the students of that time. He is re-telling the story from his memory, backed up many interviews and years of research. Truly moving and inspiring.
DDR, November 1956: Eine Abiturklasse reagiert auf die Niederschlagung des Ungarn-Aufstandes mit einer Schweigeminute. Die Rädelsführer werden von der Staatssicherheit gesucht, aber nicht gefunden. Gegen alle Drohungen und Erpressungen halten Schüler und Eltern zusammen. Schließlich fliehen die Gymnasiasten geschlossen nach West-Berlin… Ein dramatischer Bericht über die Wirklichkeit der DDR-Diktatur.
Dietrich Garstka, born in 1939, studied German, Sociology and Geography at the Universities of Cologne and Bochum before becoming a grammar school teacher.
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