The Edukators Movie Review 2004

In Berlin, three twentysomething political idealists, dogmatic and naive, commit various property pranks on the bourgeoisie. Roomies Jan (Bruehl) and Peter (Erceg) and Peter's girlfriend Julie (Jentsche) (who likes Jan, too) happily vandalize until ineptly graduating to kidnapping when businessman Hardenberg (Klaussner) comes home early and interrupts them. Clueless, the trio decide to hide out with their captive (who turns out to be a former 60s radical) at a mountain cabin. Much generational talk and romantic tension ensues. German with subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on DVD
Running time 126 minutes.
Originally from German, Austrian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Berlin, Kidnapped!, Politics, Rebel With a Cause, Romantic Triangles, Burglars, Germany

Screenplay

Hans Weingartner, Katharina Held

Cast

Daniel Bruhl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaussner

Cinematography

Matthias Schellenberg, Daniela Knapp

Director

Hans Weingartner

Music

Andreas Wodraschke

Other

Stefan Soltau, Andreas Wodraschke, Dirk Oetelshoven, Silvia Pernegger, Christian M. Goldbeck

Producer

Antonin Svoboda, Hans Weingartner, Coop99, Y3 Film