The Wave
Directed by Dennis Gansel
Starring Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek, Cristina do Rego, Jacob Matschenz, Maximilian Vollmar, Tim Oliver Schultz
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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.
- Original title
- Die Welle
- Original language
- German
- Screenplay
- Peter Thorwarth, Dennis Gansel, Johnny Dawkins, Todd Strasser
- Music
- Heiko Maile
- Cinematography
- Torsten Breuer
- Cast
- Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek, Cristina do Rego, Jacob Matschenz, Maximilian Vollmar, Tim Oliver Schultz, Amelie Kiefer, Max Mauff
Updated July 22, 2026
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