The Wave (1981)
- Directed by
- Alex Grasshoff
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 46 min
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 113 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A high school teacher runs an experiment to show his students how ordinary people can be drawn into fascism. The class becomes increasingly devoted to the movement they create, leading to alarming consequences.
thought-provokingunsettlingeducationalsoberingintensedisturbingseriouslow-key
What happens
The Wave is a made-for-TV movie directed by Alex Grasshoff, based on The Third Wave experiment put on by teacher Ron Jones to explain to his students how the German populace could accept the actions of the Nazi regime. It debuted October 4, 1981, and aired again almost two years later as an ABC Afterschool Special. It starred Bruce Davison as the teacher Ben Ross, a character based on Jones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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