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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.
Released: 2008-03-13107 minDir: Dennis GanselDrama, Thriller
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
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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
Key dates
- Published
- 13 March 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 21st European Film Awards
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Based on
- The Third Wave
- Main subject
- authoritarianism
- Director
- Dennis Gansel
- Producer
- Christian Becker
- Production company
- Constantin Film
- Narrative location
Article
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.