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The Wave
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.
2008 · Directed by Dennis Gansel · 107 min · Drama · Thriller · 8 frames
Tagline
Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Thorwarth, Dennis Gansel
- Cinematography: Torsten Breuer
- Edited by: Ueli Christen
- Music: Heiko Maile
- Production design: Knut Loewe
- Produced by: Christian Becker
Cast
- Jürgen Vogel as Rainer Wenger
- Frederick Lau as Tim
- Max Riemelt as Marco
- Jennifer Ulrich as Karo
- Christiane Paul as Anke Wenger
- Elyas M'Barek as Sinan
- Cristina do Rego as Lisa
- Jacob Matschenz as Dennis
- Maximilian Vollmar as Bomber
- Tim Oliver Schultz as Jens
Production
- Country: Germany
- Language: German
- Studios: Rat Pack Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Constantin Film, Celluloid Dreams
- Budget: $7,500,000
- Box office: $32,350,637
- Themes: high school, experiment, dictator, gymnasium, trainer, classroom, fascism, national socialism, violence in schools, training
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