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German remake of an American independent film of the 80’s and both are based on a real incident at a Californian High School in the 60’s.  It recounts a week project by a political science/civics teacher who decides to show his students how an authoritarian society can come about by leading them through a simulation of the process.  Trouble is that the students buy into the project to such an extent that they start taking it way too seriously and things get totally out of hand. The film itself is nothing special with an upbeat staging and direction by Dennis Gansel and a solid leading man in Jürgen Vogel, but it is the issues that the film raises,  which keep one interested and the fact that it is made in Germany has a special relevance.

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