Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 6 nominations
Burghart Klaußner
- Hardenberg
- (as Burghart Klaussner)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song "Where's The Real Sky" is credited to Jeff Cole on the soundtrack and was mentioned in the movie as a favorite artist of Jan and Jule. Jeff Cole is a pseudonym for the score-writer, Andreas Wodraschke. The singer is his friend Sam Genders of London.
- GoofsThe Mercedes that Jule keys in the parking garage is also used as Hardenberg's Mercedes when he arrives at his house right before catching Jule and Jan. You can see this by matching the license plate to each scene.
- Quotes
[last words]
Note on Wall: "Some People Never Change."
- Crazy creditsThere is an additional take after the credits related to the last project of the three protagonists.
- Alternate versionsAll foreign (non-German) theatrical versions omit a scene in the ending. The reason for this is that the scene had not been finished at the time the movie was shown at the Cannes film festival. But the distribution rights had already been sold to 44 countries and the director didn't want to force local distributors to take the new ending.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Free Rainer (2007)
- SoundtracksDarts Of Pleasure
by Franz Ferdinand
Featured review
The first review I read of this movie criticized the camera work. I wonder why? For an indie production, this was a surprisingly high quality film and nowhere near as jerky as, say, Cloverfield. If you tend towards sea-sickness and have been avoiding watching this film for that reason then rest assured that there is no need to bring a sick bag to the viewing.
Having said that, I found the Edukators to be a well developed character drama that pulled the carpet out from under my feet just when it started to get too comfortable. The three central, activist characters have perfect amount of cynicism, idealism and vulnerability. Their views never came across as preachy, merely pragmatic. But then I'm left wing, so I guess I would say that - however, the 'other side of the story' gets a chance to be heard in the form of Mr. Hardenberg. As a child of a baby boomer I found him to be a familiar character, full of his generation's mournful sense of complicity in corruption. The only complaint i had is that the action drags a bit towards the end, but this is compensated for by the clever twist at the ending.
It's hard to find a story out there that actually contributes emotional depth to the 'capitalist vs. socialist' debate instead of focusing on rhetoric. That's why I am thankful to the makers of this film for contributing such a solid story to the mix. I would definitely recommend it to any activist friends who want to think beyond the next demo and/or leafletting session.
Having said that, I found the Edukators to be a well developed character drama that pulled the carpet out from under my feet just when it started to get too comfortable. The three central, activist characters have perfect amount of cynicism, idealism and vulnerability. Their views never came across as preachy, merely pragmatic. But then I'm left wing, so I guess I would say that - however, the 'other side of the story' gets a chance to be heard in the form of Mr. Hardenberg. As a child of a baby boomer I found him to be a familiar character, full of his generation's mournful sense of complicity in corruption. The only complaint i had is that the action drags a bit towards the end, but this is compensated for by the clever twist at the ending.
It's hard to find a story out there that actually contributes emotional depth to the 'capitalist vs. socialist' debate instead of focusing on rhetoric. That's why I am thankful to the makers of this film for contributing such a solid story to the mix. I would definitely recommend it to any activist friends who want to think beyond the next demo and/or leafletting session.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Eğitmenler
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $175,493
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,075
- Jul 24, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $8,152,859
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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