---
title: 'The Edukators (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hans Weingartner'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-edukators-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408777/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Edukators (2004)

2004 · 127 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime · Germany, Austria

Original title: Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei

## Synopsis

The Edukators is a 2004 crime drama film directed by the Austrian director Hans Weingartner. A co-production between Germany and Austria, it stars Daniel Brühl, Stipe Erceg, and Julia Jentsch as three young, anti-capitalist Berlin activists involved in a love triangle. The friends, calling themselves "the Edukators", invade upper-class houses, rearrange the furniture, and leave notes identifying themselves. Weingartner, a former activist, wrote the film based on his experiences and chose to use nonviolent characters. The film, shot in Berlin and Austria with digital hand-held cameras, was made on a low budget which Weingartner said kept the focus on the acting.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hans Weingartner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-weingartner)
- **Screenplay:** [Hans Weingartner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-weingartner), [Katharina Held](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharina-held)
- **Producer:** [Hans Weingartner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-weingartner), [Antonin Svoboda](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-svoboda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andreas Wodraschke](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-wodraschke)
- **Editor:** [Andreas Wodraschke](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-wodraschke), [Dirk Oetelshoven](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-oetelshoven)
- **Director of Photography:** [Daniela Knapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniela-knapp), [Matthias Schellenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-schellenberg)

## Cast

- [Petra Zieser](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-zieser)
- [Oliver Bröcker](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-brocker)
- [Sebastian Butz](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-butz)
- [Hanns Zischler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-zischler)
- [Reiner Heise](https://cinepixo.com/people/reiner-heise)
- [Burghart Klaußner](https://cinepixo.com/people/burghart-klau-ner)
- [Claudia Jakobshagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-jakobshagen)
- [Stipe Erceg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stipe-erceg)
- [Knut Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/knut-berger)
- [Bernhard Bettermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-bettermann)
- [Peer Martiny](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-martiny)
- [Daniel Brühl](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-bruhl)
- [Sylvia Haider](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-haider)
- [Julia Jentsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-jentsch)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-edukators-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q157975); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.