CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 1h 47m
The Wave

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

75%(3,724)IMDbDramaThriller

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.

Directed byDennis Gansel

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 47m
Language
DE
Released
March 13, 2008
Budget
$7,500,000
Revenue
$32,350,637
Studios
Rat Pack FilmproduktionConstantin FilmCelluloid Dreams

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The Wave Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jürgen Vogel

Jürgen Vogel

Rainer Wenger

Frederick Lau

Frederick Lau

Tim

Max Riemelt

Max Riemelt

Marco

Jennifer Ulrich

Jennifer Ulrich

Karo

Christiane Paul

Christiane Paul

Anke Wenger

Elyas M'Barek

Elyas M'Barek

Sinan

Cristina do Rego

Cristina do Rego

Lisa

Jacob Matschenz

Jacob Matschenz

Dennis

Maximilian Vollmar

Maximilian Vollmar

Bomber

Tim Oliver Schultz

Tim Oliver Schultz

Jens

Creative team
Directed by
Dennis Gansel
Dennis Gansel
Written by
Peter Thorwarth
Peter Thorwarth
Dennis Gansel
Dennis Gansel
Produced by
Christian Becker
Christian Becker

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