The Wave (2008)

Original title

Die Welle

Directed by

Dennis Gansel

Genre

drama film, teen film, political thriller film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

16

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 3,638 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school teacher runs an experiment to show his students how easily autocracy can take hold. The class quickly becomes a fascist movement that spirals out of control.

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What happens

The Wave (German: Die Welle) is a 2008 German socio-political thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Jennifer Ulrich and Max Riemelt in the leads. It is based on Ron Jones' social experiment The Third Wave and Todd Strasser's novel The Wave. The film was produced by Christian Becker for Rat Pack Filmproduktion. The movie was successful in German cinemas, and 2.3 million people watched it in the first ten weeks after its release. In the film, a history teacher starts an experiment in manipulation of the masses, while trying to teach his class about autocracy. The students unwittingly start embracing fascism. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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