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The Wave
2008
Based on a real-life experiment that took place in a Californian high school, The Wave tells the story of a high school teacher's unusual class experiment. In an attempt to demonstrate what life is like under a dictatorship, the teacher comes up with an experiment to explain to his students how totalitarian governments work. A .. Read more
| Starring | Jennifer Ulrich, Jacob Matschenz, Cristina do Rego, Frederick Lau |
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| Director | Dennis Gansel |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The Wave
Based on a real-life experiment that took place in a Californian high school, The Wave tells the story of a high school teacher's unusual class experiment. In an attempt to demonstrate what life is like under a dictatorship, the teacher comes up with an experiment to explain to his students how totalitarian governments work. A role-playing game with tragic results. Within a few days, what began with harmless notions like discipline and community builds into a real movement: The Wave. As the students boundaries are pushed, things begin to spiral out of control and this newly found cult starts to take on a life of its own.
| Starring | Jennifer Ulrich, Jacob Matschenz, Cristina do Rego, Frederick Lau, Odine Johne, Jürgen Vogel, Max Riemelt |
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| Director | Dennis Gansel |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | FILMCLUB Recommends..., Top Foreign Films |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: German |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 12 Jan 2009 |
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Although based on a real-life incident at a California high school in 1967, this story of a classroom experiment... read more on Time Out
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Contrived, but so what?
The concept - a group of German students feel they have had a skinful of hearing about the Nazis and 'what does it matter anyway, because that was then and ... read more »
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Something to think about!
Fantastic! Edge of the seat and believable. So many ways it could have ended and they chose the most shocking. Really makes you think!
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Brilliantly Disturbing
'The Wave' kept me thoroughly engrossed from start to finish. The characters were convincing, and the acting (and reacting), particularly from the ... read more »
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The Wave - DVD
I was waiting for this film to finish and was wondering how it was going to end.
I thought the middle of the film was too slow but got there in the ... read more » - 1060048
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Based on a real-life experiment that took place in a Californian high school, The Wave tells the story of a high school teacher's unusual class experiment. In an attempt to demonstrate what life is like under a dictatorship, the teacher comes up with an experiment to explain to his students how ...
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