A teacher's classroom experiment in fascism spirals into a chilling, unstoppable wave of conformity and control.
Tense and suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Kanopy (free).
There is no US rating to lean on, so here is what we tagged: strong violence and some strong language.
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A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
No. Brace yourself.
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