The Wave

The Wave

107 mins | Drama, Thriller | March 11, 2008

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.

The Wave

107 mins | Drama, Thriller | March 11, 2008

The Wave
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Constantin Film, Rat Pack Filmproduktion, B.A. Produktion, Medienfonds GFP
Original title Die Welle
Directors Hendrik Holler, Jan Birka, Dennis Gansel
Writers Dennis Gansel, Peter Thorwarth

Cast

Jürgen Vogel

as Rainer Wenger

Frederick Lau

as Tim

Max Riemelt

as Marco

Jennifer Ulrich

as Karo

Christiane Paul

as Anke Wenger

Elyas M'Barek

as Sinan

Jacob Matschenz

as Dennis

Maximilian Vollmar

as Bomber

Amelie Kiefer

as Mona

Max Mauff

as Kevin

Fabian Preger

as Kaschi

Odine Johne

as Maja

Tino Mewes

as Schädel

Karoline Teska

as Miri

Lennard Bertzbach

as Bommel

Tommy Schwimmer

as Maxwell

Joseph M'Barek

as Thorben

Lucas Hardt

as Kulle

Maren Kroymann

as Dr. Kohlhage

Teresa Harder

as Karo's Mutter

Thomas Sarbacher

as Karo's Vater

Alexander Held

as Tim's Vater

Johanna Gastdorf

as Tim's Mutter

Friederike Wagner

as Marco's Mutter

Hubert Mulzer

as Dieter Wieland

Dennis Gansel

as Martin

Natascha Paulick

as Verkäuferin