Drama ·Thriller · Germany · 2008 · 1h 47m

The Wave

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Director
Dennis Gansel
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
Crew
Torsten Breuer — Director of Photography Ueli Christen — Editor Heiko Maile — Original Music Composer Peter Thorwarth — Screenplay Dennis Gansel — Screenplay Todd Strasser — Novel
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
high schoolexperimentdictatorgymnasiumtrainerclassroomfascismnational socialismviolence in schoolstrainingeducationsquatter
Key Collaborators
Dennis Gansel Director Torsten Breuer Director of Photography Ueli Christen Editor Heiko Maile Original Music Composer Peter Thorwarth Screenplay Dennis Gansel Screenplay Todd Strasser Novel Christian Becker Producer Knut Loewe Production Design Ivana Milos Costume Design
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