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The Wave

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

75
Audience
2008 · 1h 47m
Drama, Thriller
Starring Jürgen Vogel · Frederick Lau · Max Riemelt
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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.

Theatrical
Mar 18, 2008
Box Office
$32.4M
Budget
$7.5M
Return
4.3x
Director
Dennis Gansel
Writers
Peter Thorwarth, Dennis Gansel
Producers
Christian Becker, Nina Maag, Martin Moszkowicz
Music
Heiko Maile
Studio
Rat Pack Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Constantin Film, Celluloid Dreams
Original Title
Die Welle
Original Language
German
Keywords
dictator trainer classroom experiment fascism education national socialism training squatter anarchist gymnasium high school violence in schools homepage high school teacher shocking philosophical water polo autocracy dramatic commanding complicated
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Cast

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J
Jürgen Vogel
Rainer Wenger
F
Frederick Lau
Tim
M
Max Riemelt
Marco
J
Jennifer Ulrich
Karo
C
Christiane Paul
Anke Wenger
E
Elyas M'Barek
Sinan
C
Cristina do Rego
Lisa
J
Jacob Matschenz
Dennis
M
Maximilian Vollmar
Bomber
T
Tim Oliver Schultz
Jens
A
Amelie Kiefer
Mona
M
Max Mauff
Kevin
F
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
Ferdi
O
Odine Johne
Maja
T
Tino Mewes
Schädel
K
Karoline Teska
Miri
M
Marco Bretscher-Coschignano
Dominik
L
Lennard Bertzbach
Bommel
T
Tommy Schwimmer
Maxwell
J
Joseph M'Barek
Thorben

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