The Edukators

The Edukators is a 2004 German film about three activists who cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Hans Weingartner. Written by Katharina Held, Hans Weingartner.

Hardenberg

• One day, you want a car that doesn't break down and some other conveniences. Then you have children and want security for them. Then one day, to your surprise, you find yourself voting conservative.

Jan

• We live in a capitalist dictatorship.

Peter

• It's not who invented the gun, man. It's who pulls the trigger.
• [to Jan at the end of film] Us three... That's more important than stuffy bourgeois ethics.

Dialogue

Jule [to Hardenberg during a conversation at table]: The First World could cancel the Third World's debts. That's only 0.01% of the GNP!

Hardenberg: That would collapse the world's financial system.

Jule: You want them poor! It's the way to control them. Make them sell their raw goods at dirt cheap prices...

Other

• Note on Wall (left for Hardenberg): "Some People Never Change."

Cast

• Daniel Brühl - Jan
• Julia Jentsch - Jule
• Stipe Erceg - Peter
• Burghart Klaußner - Hardenberg

External links

• The Edukators quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Edukators at Rotten Tomatoes