"The Edukators" a film in review

Christopher Galarza

“The Edukators”
A film in review


“The Edukators” is a film made by Hans Weingartner in 2004. The story takes place in Germany. A short summary to what the story is mainly about is a group of 2 young men that go into the wealthy people houses and reorganize the owner’s furniture; after they are done they would usually leave a note that would say “Your Days Of Plenty Are Numbered”. Quickly after these moments in the film it becomes apparent that the true enemies are the wealthy, and the means to the “Edukators” ways is just to eliminate that sense of security and implant fear in the wealthy. It is harmless what they do, amazing is that they don’t keep anything from the houses.
The story takes its turn when the two guy characters Jan and peter separate, and as a friendly favor Jan helps peter female friend julie with her apartment. One night she accompanies him on one of “Edukator” missions. Just this little taste of what they do became addictive to her, but on her second trip she used the opportunity to get back at someone who has been ruining her life, at this point things go wrong and then comes the introduction of the character of Hardenberg.
The story takes a turn for the worst when they kidnap Hardenberg for seeing there faces. The story itself is well written there is a constant introduction to each of the characters. The plot of the story suddenly turns into more then one, but the story itself does not become lost in translation. We are always informed on the drama within the story and each character, if it’s not the love triangle between Jan, peter, and Julie; it’s the on going conflict that leads “change of heart” in the character of Hardenberg.
Other aspects of the movie that was done right is the pacing of the movie, some of the cuts during the movie seemed rather sudden, but with each scene there was nothing that did not belong or did not further enrich the story and the viewer. The message of the movie with the pacing interlaced with each other creating the final moral to the tale. Odd in the end is how they knew where not to be, which was literally the only point in the movie that left me saying, what? .
Overall even though in terms of story, plot, pacing, and character development, I was happy with the movie. It keeps the viewer watching, though in some parts you more concerned about on character then the other, I loved watching the characters developed and grown in the story.