Just watched this yesterday, and it turned out to be more thought provoking than I thought it would be. Before the film, all I knew about it was that it was a German movie. And I thought it would be boring, until the first scene which immediately captured my attention. Somehow just the simple scene of a man singing an English song along with the radio got my attention, probably because I was wondering whether or not this was really a German film.
So anyways, it's about a teacher who uses an unorthodox method of teaching his students a boring subject about "Autocracy". He assumes the role of a 'dictator', and sets rules for his students to follow. Sorta like Hitler and the Nazis. The only reason why the students actually listen to him in the beginning is because he's admired by them, sorta like how we admire Alfie. However, this 'experiment' goes out of control when his class takes it too far, so much so that they exclude others who aren't part of them. Without spoiling too much, if anyone even bothers to read this blog, his students follow and embrace the very system they despised in the beginning. It's up to the teacher to realise that his students have gone too far, and stop them.
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