The Wave
“Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.”
2008•1h 47m•7.5•Released
DramaThriller
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.
Director
Dennis Gansel
Writer
Peter Thorwarth, Dennis Gansel
Budget
$8M
Revenue
$32M
Languages
German
Studio
Rat Pack Filmproduktion
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
Production
Company
Rat Pack Filmproduktion
Company
B.A. Produktion
Company
Constantin Film
Company
Celluloid Dreams
Producer
Christian Becker
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