Movie·2008·1h 47m
The Wave
Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.
Country
Germany
Language
German
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Die Welle
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.
Written By
Peter Thorwarth
Producer
Nina Maag, Christian Becker
Cinematography
Torsten Breuer
Music
Heiko Maile
Editor
Ueli Christen
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Jürgen Vogel
Rainer Wenger
Frederick Lau
Tim
Max Riemelt
Marco
Jennifer Ulrich
Karo
Christiane Paul
Anke Wenger
Elyas M'Barek
Sinan
Cristina do Rego
Lisa
Jacob Matschenz
Dennis
Maximilian Vollmar
Bomber
Tim Oliver Schultz
Jens
Amelie Kiefer
Mona
Max Mauff
Kevin
Fabian Preger
Kaschi
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
Ferdi
Odine Johne
Maja
Tino Mewes
Schädel
Karoline Teska
Miri
Marco Bretscher-Coschignano
Dominik
// crew
Crew
Nina Maag
Executive Producer
Heiko Maile
Original Music Composer
Peter Thorwarth
Screenplay
Dennis Gansel
Director, Screenplay
Torsten Breuer
Director of Photography
Ueli Christen
Editor
Christian Becker
Producer
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