Rent The Edukators (2004)
3.7 of 5 from 127 ratings
2h 5min
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- Synopsis:
- Jan (Daniel Brühl), Peter (Stipe Erceg) and Jule (Julia Jentsch) are living their rebellious youth. United by their passion to change the state of the world the young friends lead a silent revolution as the self-styled 'Edukators' Breaking into houses by the cover of night, they seek to unnerve the wealthy through their form of protest art, until a terrible incident threatens not only their political beliefs but their trust in each other.
- Actors:
- Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaussner, Peer Martiny, Petra Zieser, Laura Schmidt, Sebastian Butz, Oliver Bröcker, Knut Berger, Hanns Zischler, Claudio Caiolo, Bernhard Bettermann, Sylvia Haider, Claudia Jakobshagen, Reiner Heise, Heinz Kreitzen, Lara Schützsack, Heinz Fitz, Albert Gürtler
- Directors:
- Hans Weingartner
- Producers:
- Sabine Holtgreve, Georg Steinert, Antonin Svoboda, Hans Weingartner
- Writers:
- Katharina Held, Hans Weingartner
- Aka:
- Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Countries:
- Germany
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Reviews (2) of The Edukators
Class War - The Edukators review by Steve
Glossy polemic aimed at class inequality and western consumerism, which will divide any potential audience along the pressure points of its ideologies. This start out like a hip political thriller inspired by the direct action of millennials turned off by laissez-faire government.
Eventually it becomes more of a dramatised debate, which is viable but not very cinematic. Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch and Stipe Erceg play the photogenic dropouts who want to undermine the system by breaking into the mansions of the super-rich and contaminating their pristine and secluded privilege.
Until one of the complacent fatcats (Burghart Klaussner) unexpectedly returns. So the activists kidnap him, leading to an extended exchange of ideas which wonders what happened to the idealism of the '60s German counterculture from the perspective of the anti-capitalists of the new century.
And there's a love triangle and a nice climactic twist. OK, it looks like the revolution will be sponsored by Gap... maybe because advertising has absorbed the symbols of rebellion! But it's an effective head re-set for disengaged liberals which doesn't compromise on its recycled message- never trust anyone over 30.
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Excellent and Enjoyable German drama about political idealism - The Edukators review by PV
This German film was an excellent watch.
Suspend your disbelief (pretend DNA and CCT does not exist in 2004) esp with plot holes, unlikely events, and random coincidences and roll with it.
The leftwing revolution theme and throwback to 1968 and 1970s activism is VERY German, as is the alpine snowy scenery. In Britain we lack snowy mountain ranges and back in the 1970s we were all Wombles and Wurzels rather than Baader Meinhof and Karl Marx...
Very well acted by all the leads, Daniel Bruhl has done loads since, DAS BOOT series and more.
Decent music too. My only criticism is it is a tad too long, sags in the middle and too many romance scenes which are flab - could be reduced by 20 minutes probably if the unnecessary love-gushing is dispensed with.
The ending twist (no spoilers) is fun, however unlikely.
4 stars overall
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