The Wave

The Wave

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

2008•1h 47m•7.5/10

DramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(4K)

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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Production

Rat Pack Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Constantin Film, Celluloid Dreams

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

Amelie Kiefer

Amelie Kiefer

Mona

Max Mauff

Max Mauff

Kevin

Fabian Preger

Kaschi

Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow

Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow

Ferdi

Odine Johne

Odine Johne

Maja

Tino Mewes

Tino Mewes

Schädel

Karoline Teska

Karoline Teska

Miri

Marco Bretscher-Coschignano

Dominik

Lennard Bertzbach

Lennard Bertzbach

Bommel

Tommy Schwimmer

Tommy Schwimmer

Maxwell

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