The Silent Revolution

The Silent Revolution

East Germany, 1956. One minute of silence changed their lives forever.

2018112 min7.4 / 10

A tense historical drama about teenage resistance in a police state, where a single act of silent protest exposes the fragility of individual freedom under totalitarian control.

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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