The Wave
"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.
Directed by Dennis Gansel
Written by: Peter Thorwarth, Dennis Gansel, Todd Strasser
Produced by: Nina Maag, Christian Becker
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