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The Wave

The Wave

"Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers."

7.5(3,445 votes)
2008
1h 47m
DramaThriller

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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Production

Budget:$7,500,000
Revenue:$32,350,637
Companies:
Rat Pack Filmproduktion
Medienfonds GFP
B.A. Produktion

Languages

Original:de
Spoken:
German

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