“Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.”
The Wave
7.5
3,636 votes·2008
·1h 47m
·MovieDramaThriller
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget4.3x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
high schoolexperimentdictatorgymnasiumtrainerclassroomfascismnational socialismviolence in schoolstrainingeducationsquatter
Cast
Jürgen Vogel
Rainer Wenger
Frederick Lau
Tim
Max Riemelt
Marco
Jennifer Ulrich
Karo
Christiane Paul
Anke Wenger
Elyas M'Barek
Sinan
Cristina do Rego
Lisa
Jacob Matschenz
Dennis
Maximilian Vollmar
Bomber
Tim Oliver Schultz
Jens
Amelie Kiefer
Mona
Max Mauff
Kevin
Fabian Preger
Kaschi
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
Ferdi
Odine Johne
Maja
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