The Wave (2008)

20081h 27mdir. Dennis GanselGermanGermanydrama filmteen film

Note: this print runs 87 minutes against a recorded 107 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek, Alexander Held, Dennis Gansel

Directed by Dennis Gansel

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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.

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