Fresh
What is interesting to watch are the unexpected turns that occur when a jilted lover, a kidnapped rich capitalist and a pair of new lovers are cooped up in an isolated chalet.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
The Edukators
Every heart is a revolutionary cell.
2004 · 2h 7m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Hans Weingartner
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The Edukators
Overview
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Director and cast
- Hans Weingartner Director
- Daniel Brühl as Jan
- Julia Jentsch as Jule
- Stipe Erceg as Peter
- Burghart Klaußner as Justus Hardenberg
- Peer Martiny as Villenbesitzer
- Petra Zieser as Villenbesitzerin
- Laura Schmidt as Tochter
- Sebastian Butz as Sohn
- Oliver Bröcker as Globalisierungsgegner
- Hanns Zischler as Vermieter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Plays out like an ambivalent political tract, full of dissatisfaction but no conclusions.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Captures the frustration of those who sense something deeply dysfunctional in the political and economic status quo but feel impotent do anything about it.
Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
Rotten
Unless you're the sort who has a Che Guevara T-shirt tucked away somewhere in your closet, the needlessly long The Edukators wears out its welcome.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
The situations feel real, the injustices believable and the human frailty is all too recognizable.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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