The Wave (2008)

Original title: Die Welle

2008-03-11 · 1h 47m · DE

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Evil is something that you learn

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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Dennis GanselDirector

Budget: $7.5M
Box office: $19M

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Jürgen VogelRainer Wenger

Frederick LauTim

Max RiemeltMarco

Jennifer UlrichKaro

Christiane PaulAnke Wenger

Elyas M'BarekSinan

Cristina do RegoLisa

Jacob MatschenzDennis

Maximilian VollmarBomber

Tim Oliver SchultzJens

Amelie KieferMona

Max MauffKevin

Keywords

High school Training Trainer Experiment Dictator Education Fascism National socialism Autocracy Classroom Violence in schools High school teacher Gymnasium Anarchist Group dynamics Homepage Squatter Water polo Learning and teaching

Movie DNA

Genre affinityThriller · DramaTheme affinityHigh School · Training · TrainerDialogue densityDramaDirector preference58064Actor preference87869 · 272139 · 234112Country preferenceDe

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