Additional information for The Wave (Die Welle), which has a domestic theatrical release set for September 19, 2008. The film is being distributed by Momentum Pictures and has not yet been rated. The Wave (Die Welle) has a total running time of 107 minutes.
12
Germany
12
Czech Republic
15
UK
16
Ireland
16
Argentina
16
Netherlands
14
Switzerland
11
Sweden
M/16
Portugal
K-15
Finland
MA
Australia
R16
New Zealand
PG12
Japan
16
Brazil
TE
Chile
12
South Korea
13
Spain
107min
15min
La ola
Argentina
La ola
Spain
La ola
Uruguay
A Onda
Brazil
A Onda
Portugal
The Wave
International
The Wave
USA
Το Κύμα
Greece
A hullám
Hungary
Bølgen
Denmark
Experiment 2
Russia
Fala
Poland
L'onda
Italy
La vague
France
Nás vodca
Slovakia
Nás vudce
Czech Republic
Tehlikeli oyun
Turkey
To kyma
Greece
January 18, 2008
USA
March 13, 2008
Germany
March 14, 2008
Austria
May 01, 2008
Czech Republic
May 01, 2008
Switzerland
May 09, 2008
Turkey
June 26, 2008
UK
July 10, 2008
Ireland
September 11, 2008
Argentina
September 12, 2008
Denmark
September 19, 2008
Ireland
September 19, 2008
UK
September 25, 2008
Greece
September 26, 2008
Brazil
September 26, 2008
Poland
October 02, 2008
Hungary
October 15, 2008
Belgium
October 17, 2008
Brazil
October 22, 2008
Belgium
October 24, 2008
USA
October 30, 2008
Slovakia
November 02, 2008
Japan
November 13, 2008
Greece
November 24, 2008
Italy
November 27, 2008
Netherlands
November 28, 2008
Spain
November 28, 2008
Taiwan
December 05, 2008
Sweden
December 11, 2008
Russia
January 08, 2009
Portugal
January 28, 2009
Switzerland
February 10, 2009
Germany
February 27, 2009
Italy
March 04, 2009
France
March 12, 2009
Finland
March 14, 2009
Argentina
March 24, 2009
Portugal
April 17, 2009
Iceland
August 20, 2009
Argentina
August 21, 2009
Brazil
September 12, 2009
Philippines
October 02, 2009
Uruguay
November 14, 2009
Japan
May 27, 2011
USA
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A high school teacher's unusual experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
When Rainer Wegner (Jürgen Vogel), a popular high school teacher, finds himself relegated to teaching autocracy, instead of anarchy, as part of the school's project week, he is less than enthusiastic. So are his students, who greet the prospect of studying fascism yet again with apathetic grumbling: The Nazis sucked. We get it. Struck by the teenagers complacency and unwitting arrogance, Rainer devises an unorthodox experiment. But his hastily conceived lesson in social orders and the power of unity soon grows a life of its own.In probing the underpinnings of fascism, The Wave is far from a social-studies lesson. As with his previous film, Before the Fall, director Dennis Gansel fashions an energetic, gripping drama that cuts through superficial ideological interrogatives and goes straight for the veins--the human psychologies and individual behaviors that contribute to collective movements. In unpeeling the emotional layers and contradictions of his characters (the need to belong, to be empowered, to escape social distinctions), Gansel offers a humanistic perspective on the terrifying irony that these students may welcome the very things they denounce.And lest we too easily dismiss this cautionary tale, its noteworthy that the true story that prompted Todd Strassers novel The Wave (from which the film was adapted) did not take place in Germany, but at a high school in Palo Alto.
Dennis Gansel
Director(s)
Ron Jones
Johnny Dawkins
Ron Birnbach
Dennis Gansel
Peter Thorwarth
Writer(s)
Christian Becker
producer
Antonio Exacoustos
co-producer
David Groenewold
co-producer
Franz Kraus
co-producer
Nina Maag
supervising producer
Martin Moszkowicz
co-producer
Peter Schiller
line producer
Anita Schneider
consulting producer
Producer(s)
Heiko Maile
Composer(s)
Rainer Wenger
Jürgen Vogel
Tim Stoltefuss
Frederick Lau
Marco
Max Riemelt
Karo
Jennifer Ulrich
Anke Wenger
Christiane Paul
Dennis
Jacob Matschenz
Lisa
Cristina do Rego
Sinan
Elyas M'Barek
Bomber
Maximilian Vollmar
Kevin (as Maximilian Mauff)
Max Mauff
Ferdi
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
Jens
Tim Oliver Schultz
Mona
Amelie Kiefer
Kaschi
Fabian Preger
Maja
Odine Johne
Schädel
Tino Mewes
Miri
Karoline Teska
Dominik
Marco Bretscher-Coschignano
Bommel
Lennard Bertzbach
Maxwell (as Tommy Schwimmer)
Thommy Schwimmer
Thorben
Joseph M'Barek
Bobby (as Jaime Kristo Ferkic)
Jaime Ferkic
Leon
Darvin Schmidt
Zecke
Leander Hagen
Kulle
Lucas Hardt
Faust
Maxwell Richter
Freundin Jens
Sophie Kurzke
Laura
Liv Lisa Fries
Leyla
Lena Lutz
Marktverkäufer
Hendrik Holler
Marktverkäuferin
Ilo Gansel
Verkäuferin
Natascha Paulick
Dr. Kohlhage
Maren Kroymann
Mutter Karo
Teresa Harder
Vater Karo
Thomas Sarbacher
Dieter Wieland
Hubert Mulzer
Vater Tim (as Alexander Held)
Gerald Alexander Held
Mutter Tim
Johanna Gastdorf
Mutter Marco
Friederike Wagner
Hängengebliebener
Dennis Gansel
Director(s)
Johnny Dawkins
Ron Birnbach
Dennis Gansel
Peter Thorwarth
Writer(s)
producer
Antonio Exacoustos
co-producer
David Groenewold
co-producer
Franz Kraus
co-producer
Nina Maag
supervising producer
Martin Moszkowicz
co-producer
Peter Schiller
line producer
Anita Schneider
consulting producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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