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The Wave
"Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers."
2008 • 1h 47m • ★ 7.5 (3,540 votes) Released
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
Screenplay
Peter Thorwarth
Screenplay
Dennis Gansel
Rating
7.5
Runtime
107 min
Budget
$7.5M
Revenue
$32.4M
Profit/Loss
+24.9M
Production
Rat Pack Filmproduktion B.A. Produktion
Constantin Film
Celluloid DreamsTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
high schoolexperimentdictatorgymnasiumtrainerclassroomfascismnational socialismviolence in schoolstrainingeducationsquatteranarchisthomepagehigh school teacherphilosophicalwater poloautocracy
