The Wave (2008)
Die Welle
"Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers."
Critics Score
🎬 67%
(RT: 67%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jürgen Vogel as Rainer Wenger
Jennifer Ulrich as Karo
Christiane Paul as Anke Wenger
Cristina do Rego as Lisa
Jacob Matschenz as Dennis
Is The Wave good?
Most people think so. 82% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 67%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
