Die Welle

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

May 27 2011 Not Rated 1h 47m
Drama, Thriller

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.

Plot

High school teacher, Rainer Wenger, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more invested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves?

Written by

Ron Jones, Johnny Dawkins, Ron Birnbach

Directed by

Dennis Gansel

Cast

Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Constantin Film, B.A. Produktion, Medienfonds GFP, Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

9 wins & 8 nominations total

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Average Rating
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