- HD 1080
- Runtime: 107m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Germany
- Director: Dennis Gansel
- Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul
- keywords: high school, experiment, dictator, gymnasium, trainer, classroom, fascism, national socialism, violence in schools, training, education, squatter, anarchist, homepage, high school teacher, water polo, autocracy, frightened
- Production_studio: Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Medienfonds GFP, B.A. Produktion, Constantin Film, Celluloid Dreams
- Slogan: Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.
- The The Wave is featured in the top rankings of 2008
- #33 in Top Drama Movies of 2008
- #3 in Top Thriller Movies of 2008
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.
