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The Wave
The Wave

The Wave

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

Genres

DramaThriller

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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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Budget

$7500000

Revenue

$32350637

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

7.493/10

Release Date

13 March 2008

Country

Germany

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

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

Marco Bretscher-Coschignano

Dominik

Lennard Bertzbach

Lennard Bertzbach

Bommel

Tommy Schwimmer

Tommy Schwimmer

Maxwell

Joseph M'Barek

Joseph M'Barek

Thorben

Jaime Krsto Ferkic

Jaime Krsto Ferkic

Bobby

Lucas Hardt

Lucas Hardt

Kulle

Maren Kroymann

Maren Kroymann

Dr. Kohlhage

Teresa Harder

Teresa Harder

Karo's Mutter

Thomas Sarbacher

Thomas Sarbacher

Karo's Vater

Alexander Held

Alexander Held

Tim's Vater

Johanna Gastdorf

Johanna Gastdorf

Tim's Mutter

Friederike Wagner

Friederike Wagner

Marco's Mutter

Hubert Mulzer

Hubert Mulzer

Dieter Wieland

Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel

Martin

Natascha Paulick

Natascha Paulick

Verkäuferin

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