The Wave
Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$7500000
Revenue
$32350637
Runtime
107 min
Release Date
2008-03-13
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
3403
Vote Average
7.486
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
Amelie Kiefer
Mona
Max Mauff
Kevin
Fabian Preger
Kaschi
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
Ferdi
Odine Johne
Maja
Tino Mewes
Schädel
Karoline Teska
Miri
Marco Bretscher-Coschignano
Dominik
Lennard Bertzbach
Bommel
Tommy Schwimmer
Maxwell
Joseph M'Barek
Thorben
Jaime Krsto Ferkic
Bobby
Lucas Hardt
Kulle
Maren Kroymann
Dr. Kohlhage
Teresa Harder
Karo's Mutter
Thomas Sarbacher
Karo's Vater
Alexander Held
Tim's Vater
Johanna Gastdorf
Tim's Mutter
Friederike Wagner
Marco's Mutter
Hubert Mulzer
Dieter Wieland
Dennis Gansel
Martin
Natascha Paulick
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