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.
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| Production | Christian Becker | Producer |
| Editing | Ueli Christen | Editor |
| Writing | Peter Thorwarth | Screenplay |
| Production | Nina Maag | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Dennis Gansel | Director |
| Camera | Torsten Breuer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Heiko Maile | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Dennis Gansel | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ivana Milos | Costume Design |
| Production | Ulrike Fauth | Production Manager |
| Production | Martin Moszkowicz | Co-Producer |
| Art | Knut Loewe | Production Design |
| Production | Antonio Exacoustos | Co-Producer |
| Production | David Groenewold | Co-Producer |
| Production | Franziska Aigner | Casting |
| Directing | Jan Birka | Continuity |
| Sound | Alexander Saal | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Conny Klein | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Tomas Bastian | ADR Supervisor |
| Crew | Dierk Beck von Rohland | Post Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Hendrik Holler | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Rainer Werner | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Philipp Sellier | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Tomas Bastian | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Jörn Poetzl | Foley Artist |
| Directing | Hendrik Holler | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Tomas Bastian | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Darius Ghanai | Title Designer |
| Writing | Johnny Dawkins | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Ron Jones | Novel |
