The Wave
7.6
“Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.”
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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Cast
41 people
Jürgen Vogel
Rainer Wenger
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Frederick Lau
Tim
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Victoria
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Max Riemelt
Marco
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Jennifer Ulrich
Karo
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Christiane Paul
Anke Wenger
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Generation War
Elyas M'Barek
Sinan
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Cristina do Rego
Lisa
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Pastewka
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Jacob Matschenz
Dennis
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Babylon Berlin
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Maximilian Vollmar
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Maple Avenue
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Tim Oliver Schultz
Jens
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Amelie Kiefer
Mona
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Move
Max Mauff
Kevin
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Dennis Gansel Director · Peter Thorwarth Screenplay Todd Strasser Author
Worldwide gross $32M · Budget $7.5M · United States release March 18, 2008
Box office
Budget
$7,500,000
Worldwide gross
$32,350,637
Gross vs. budget
4.3×
Production
Rat Pack Filmproduktion
Production
B.A. Produktion
Production
Constantin Film
Production
Celluloid Dreams
Production
IFC Films
Studio
Constantin Film Produktion
Production
Medienfonds GFP
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Die Welle
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Brazil · March 13, 2008
Theatrical
Germany · March 13, 2008
Theatrical
United States · March 18, 2008
Theatrical
Denmark
September 12, 2008 · Theatrical
France
March 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Greece
November 13, 2008 · Theatrical
Italy
February 27, 2009 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 27, 2008 · Theatrical
April 17, 2009 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
September 19, 2008 · Theatrical
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