The Wave

Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.

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Drama
Thriller

Overview

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.

Keywords

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national socialism
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group dynamics
gymnasium
violence in schools
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Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 13, 2008
Original language: German
Spoken languages: German
Countries: Germany
Production: Constantin Film,Celluloid Dreams,Rat Pack Filmproduktion,Medienfonds GFP,B.A. Produktion
Cast: Fabian Preger,Max Mauff,Lennard Bertzbach,Jürgen Vogel,Jacob Matschenz,Alexander Held,Thomas Sarbacher,Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow,Johanna Gastdorf,Dennis Ganseland 22 more
Director: Dennis Gansel
Writer: Peter Thorwarth,Dennis Gansel,Todd Strasser,Ron Jones,Johnny Dawkins
Producer: Nina Maag,Christian Becker
Cinematography: Torsten Breuer
Music: Heiko Maile
Budget: $7,500,000
Revenue: $32,350,637
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt1063669