

“Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.”
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
Status
Released
Original Language
DE
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$7,500,000
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$32,350,637
Anke Wenger
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.