Hello and welcome to my film blog. I saw in the New Year with this little gem from Germany
"When Rainer Wegner, a popular high school teacher, finds himself relegated to teaching autocracy as part of the schools project week, hes less than enthusiastic. So are his students, who greet the prospect of studying fascism yet again with apathetic grumbling: The Nazis sucked. We get it. Struck by the teenagers complacency and unwitting arrogance, Rainer devises an unorthodox experiment. But his hastily conceived lesson in social orders and the power of unity soon grows a life of its own."
Based on true events in California in the 60s this is a very brave film and really had to be done in Germany. Its very clever and very stylish, and whilst it may not stand too great an intellectual probing it certainly is thought provoking and accessible. The acting is seamless and the script strong. Difficult material, well handled.
8/10
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