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Mood:
- ContemplativeDisturbing
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Plot:
- Dedicated EducatorPsychologicalTeachers and StudentsExperiment Gone AwryHigh School LifeFascismAgainst HumanityMind and Soul more...
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Genres:
- DramaForeign
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- EuropeGermanyHigh School
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Based on:
- Based on BookRemakeBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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The Wave, 2008
German
Germany
Profile of The Wave
The mood of The Wave is disturbing and contemplative. The plot centers around fascism, a dedicated educator, and a conspiracy against humanity. It is a drama and foreign movie. In approach, The Wave is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, at a high school. The setting is Germany. The Wave happens in contemporary times. It is a remake, originally a true story, and based on a book. The movie is known for being an award winner.
Summary of The Wave
In this German thriller, a teacher's experiment goes horribly wrong when he tries to teach his class about fascism. Rainer Werner (Jurgen Vogel) makes his students dress alike, enforces discipline and unity, and invents a code gesture that will remind many of the "Heil Hitler" salute. The students get a little too into their lesson, and the results are frightening. The Wave is based on a true story from California in the late 1960s, but its move to Germany turns it into a deft satire.
Details
| Language: | German |
| Country: | Germany |
| Release date: | 18 January 2008 |
| Runtime: | 107 min |
Cast and Crew
as Rainer Wenger
as Anke Wenger
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Users Reviews
- 04.June.2011
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- by: benkaboo
- benkaboo rated this movie5/10So-so
