The Wave (2008)
Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Jürgen Vogel
as Rainer Wenger
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Frederick Lau
as Tim
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Max Riemelt
as Marco
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Jennifer Ulrich
as Karo
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Christiane Paul
as Anke Wenger
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Elyas M'Barek
as Sinan
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Cristina do Rego
as Lisa
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Jacob Matschenz
as Dennis
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Maximilian Vollmar
as Bomber
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Tim Oliver Schultz
as Jens
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Amelie Kiefer
as Mona
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Max Mauff
as Kevin
- Fabian Preger as Kaschi
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Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
as Ferdi
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Odine Johne
as Maja
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Tino Mewes
as Schädel
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Karoline Teska
as Miri
- Marco Bretscher-Coschignano as Dominik
Crew
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Dennis Gansel
Director
- Torsten Breuer Director of Photography
- Ueli Christen Editor
- Heiko Maile Original Music Composer
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Christian Becker
Producer
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Peter Thorwarth
Screenplay
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Dennis Gansel
Screenplay
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