| The Wave | |
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| Directed by | Dennis Gansel |
| Screenplay by | Dennis Gansel Peter Thorwarth |
| Based on | "The Third Wave" (recount of the original Third Wave experiment)[1] by Ron Jones The Wave by Todd Strasser |
| Produced by | Rat Pack Filmproduktion Christian Becker |
| Starring | Jürgen Vogel Frederick Lau Max Riemelt Jennifer Ulrich |
| Music by | Heiko Maile |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film Verleih |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Budget | €5 million [citation needed] |
| Box office | €32,350,637[2] |
The Wave (German: Die Welle) is a 2008 German socio-political thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Jennifer Ulrich and Max Riemelt in the leads. It is based on Ron Jones' social experiment The Third Wave and Todd Strasser's novel The Wave. The film was produced by Christian Becker for Rat Pack Filmproduktion. The movie was successful in German cinemas, and 2.3 million people watched it in the first ten weeks after its release.
In the film, a history teacher starts an experiment in manipulation of the masses, while trying to teach his class about autocracy. The students unwittingly start embracing fascism.
- ^ Jones, Ron (1972). "The Third Wave". Archived from the original on 24 February 2005. Retrieved 3 December 2016., and Jones, Ron (1976). "The Third Wave". The Wave Home. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Die Welle (The Wave) (2008)". boxofficemojo.com.