The Wave (2008)

Die Welle | France| Germany

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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Description

Writers

Peter Thorwarth
Dennis Gansel

Stars

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

Others...

Budget

7,500,000.00

Revenue

19,000,000.00

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Keywords

experiment, dictator, training, autocracy, high school, trainer, high school teacher, squatter, gymnasium, classroom, fascism, national socialism, group dynamics, education, violence in schools, anarchist, learning and teaching, homepage, water polo

Trailers

Production

Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Constantin Film Produktion, Medienfonds GFP, B.A. Produktion

Actor

Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M’Barek, Cristina do Rego, Jacob Matschenz, Maximilian Vollmar, Tim Oliver Schultz, Amelie Kiefer, Max Mauff, Fabian Preger, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow, Odine Johne, Tino Mewes, Karoline Teska, Marco Bretscher-Coschignano, Lennard Bertzbach, Tommy Schwimmer, Joseph M'Barek, Jaime Krsto Ferkic, Lucas Hardt, Maren Kroymann, Teresa Harder, Thomas Sarbacher, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, Friederike Wagner, Hubert Mulzer, Dennis Gansel, Natascha Paulick

Creators

Ueli Christen (Editor), Torsten Breuer (Director of Photography), Peter Thorwarth (Screenplay), Christian Becker (Producer), Nina Maag (Executive Producer), Dennis Gansel (Screenplay), Ivana Milos (Costume Design), Heiko Maile (Original Music Composer)

Alternative titles

A Onda (BR)
恶魔教室 (CN)
Nas vudce (CZ)
Náš vůdce (CZ)
La ola (ES)
La Vague (FR)
Το Κύμα (GR)
The Wave ウェイヴ (JP)
Эксперимент 2: Волна (RU)
惡魔教室 (TW)
The Wave (US)
The.Wave (US)

Release dates

13.03.2008 (BR)
12.09.2008 (DK)
19.09.2008 (GB)
27.02.2009 (IT)
04.03.2009 (FR)
11.03.2008 (DE)
27.11.2008 (NL)
17.04.2009 (NL)