The Edukators - film review
Jan and Peter are The Edukators - a kind of Baader-Meinhof-lite pair. They target wealthy households, breaking in and rearranging the furniture whilst the owners are away, and leaving notes saying "Your days of plenty are numbered" or "You have too much money". Jan explains that having one's house broken in to is a disturbing experience, and as they queue to withdraw money in the bank, their targets will be reminded that they are completely alone in the world.
Whilst Peter is away, his girlfriend Jule persuades Jan to break into the villa of a wealthy businessman (Hardenberg) who has sued her for 100,000 Euros following a motorway accident. Returning to the villa the next day to retrieve Jule's mobile phone, they are disturbed by Hardenberg and end up kidnapping and taking him to a remote mountain chalet, along with Peter, who has returned from Barcelona. In the days spent in the mountains the young activists deliver some solid anti-capitalist rhetoric, and there are signs of the Stockholm Syndrome setting in, particularly as Hardenberg reveals his involvement in the student protests of 1968.
The film moves towards a satisfying conclusion, leaving viewers in no doubt about where their sympathies should lie.
Essential viewing.