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The Wave is a 2008 German drama and thriller film directed and written by Dennis Gansel. Produced by Christian Becker and distributed by Constantin Film, the movie stars Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, and Jennifer Ulrich. The narrative is set in Germany and deals with themes of Nazism and authoritarianism. It is based on the works The Wave and The Third Wave, with Todd Strasser credited as the source author.
The film has a runtime of 107 minutes and was released on March 13, 2008. Production companies involved include Rat Pack Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, and Celluloid Dreams. The project had a capital cost of 5,000,000 and a budget of 7,500,000, generating revenue of 32,350,637. It received nominations for the European Film Award for Best Actor and the European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film. Audience ratings include a 7.6 score on IMDb and a 7.483 average on TMDb.
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7.5A 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.
Cast
- Jürgen Vogel as Rainer Wenger
- Frederick Lau as Tim
- Max Riemelt as Marco
- Jennifer Ulrich as Karo
- Christiane Paul as Anke Wenger
- Elyas M'Barek as Sinan
Themes
- high school
- experiment
- dictator
- gymnasium
- trainer
- classroom
- fascism
- national socialism
- violence in schools
- training
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Dennis Gansel
- Screenplay by
- Dennis Gansel , Peter Thorwarth
- Based on
- "The Third Wave" (recount of the original Third Wave experiment ) , by Ron Jones , The Wave , by Todd Strasser
- Produced by
- Rat Pack Filmproduktion , Christian Becker
- Starring
- Jürgen Vogel , Frederick Lau , Max Riemelt , Jennifer Ulrich
- Music by
- Heiko Maile
- Distributed by
- Constantin Film Verleih
- Release date
- 18 January 2008 ( 2008-01-18 ) ( Sundance )
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Budget
- € 5 million
- Box office
- €32,350,637
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Encyclopedic overview
The Wave (German: Die Welle) is a 2008 German socio-political thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Jennifer Ulrich and Max Riemelt in the leads. It is based on Ron Jones' social experiment The Third Wave and Todd Strasser's novel The Wave. The film was produced by Christian Becker for Rat Pack Filmproduktion. The movie was successful in German cinemas, and 2.3 million people watched it in the first ten weeks after its release.
In the film, a history teacher starts an experiment in manipulation of the masses, while trying to teach his class about autocracy. The students unwittingly start embracing fascism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Wave” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.