The Wave (2008)

Name: The Wave
Released: 2008
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul

• Movies, Drama, Thriller

• 107 min

7.4

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

Directed by: Dennis Gansel
Casting: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek, Cristina do Rego, Jacob Matschenz, Maximilian Vollmar, Tim Oliver Schultz, Amelie Kiefer, Max Mauff, Fabian Preger, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, Odine Johne, Tino Mewes, Karoline Teska, Marco Bretscher-Coschignano, Lennard Bertzbach, Tommy Schwimmer, Joseph M'Barek, Jaime Krsto Ferkic, Lucas Hardt, Maren Kroymann, Teresa Harder, Thomas Sarbacher, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, Friederike Wagner, Hubert Mulzer, Dennis Gansel, Natascha Paulick
Countries: Germany
Premiere: 2008-03-13
Status: Released

Tags: high school, experiment, dictator, gymnasium, trainer, classroom, fascism, national socialism, violence in schools, training, education, squatter, anarchist, homepage, high school teacher, water polo, autocracy, frightened

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.