The Wave
"Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers."
2008-03-13
7.487
de 107mDramaThriller
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.
Producer
Christian Becker
Editor
Ueli Christen
Screenplay
Peter Thorwarth
Executive Producer
Nina Maag
Director
Dennis Gansel
Director of Photography
Torsten Breuer
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Status
ReleasedRevenue
$32,350,637Budget
$7,500,000Countries
- Germany
Companies
- Rat Pack Filmproduktion
- Medienfonds GFP
- B.A. Produktion
- Constantin Film
