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The wave (Die welle) - Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Dennis Gansel

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Movie propaganda

Passed over for teaching his much preferred subject of "Anarchy" and being stuck with "Autocracy", popular high school teacher Rainer Wenger (Jürgen Vogel) is fed up. In an effort to make things more interesting, Wenger implements a frightening experiment: starting with forcing his students to wear a uniform, Wenger gradually starts to build a microcosmic dictatorship. The experiment is quickly embraced by the students and tensions build to a horrifying climax.

Theatrical propaganda posters

The wave (Die welle) theatrical one sheet

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film drama Germany high school teacher student politics social relationship German dictator

Persons of interest

Jürgen Vogel .... Rainer Wenger
Frederick Lau .... Tim Stoltefuss
Max Riemelt .... Marco
Jennifer Ulrich .... Karo
Christiane Paul .... Anke Wenger
Jacob Matschenz .... Dennis
Cristina do Rego .... Lisa
Elyas M'Barek .... Sinan
Maximilian Vollmar .... Bomber
Max Mauff .... Kevin
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow .... Ferdi
Tim Oliver Schultz .... Jens
Amelie Kiefer .... Mona
Fabian Preger .... Kaschi
Odine Johne .... Maja
Tino Mewes .... Schädel
Karoline Teska .... Miri
Marco Bretscher-Coschignano .... Dominik
Lennard Bertzbach .... Bommel
Thommy Schwimmer .... Maxwell
Joseph M'Barek .... Thorben
Jaime Ferkic .... Bobby
Darvin Schmidt .... Leon
Leander Hagen .... Zecke
Lucas Hardt .... Kulle
Maxwell Richter .... Faust
Liv Lisa Fries .... Laura
Lena Lutz .... Leyla
Natascha Paulick .... Verkäuferin
Maren Kroymann .... Dr Kohlhage
Teresa Harder .... Mutter Caro
Thomas Sarbacher .... Vater Karo
Hubert Mulzer .... Dieter Wieland
Friederike Wagner .... Mutter Marco
Dennis Gansel .... Martin
Todd Strasser .... Author
Dennis Gansel .... Screenwriter
Peter Thorwarth .... Screenwriter
Dennis Gansel .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

The wave (Die welle) official movie site
The wave (Die welle) film production notes
The wave (Die welle) QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

European Film Awards 2008: Nominated: Audience Award Best Film (Dennis Gansel), Best Actor (Jürgen Vogel)
German Film Awards 2008: Won: Film Award in Bronze Outstanding Feature Film (Christian Becker), Film Award in Gold Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Frederick Lau); Nominated: Film Award in Gold Best Editing (Ueli Christen), Outstanding Feature Film (Christian Becker)
Golden Trailer Awards 2008: Nominated: Most Original Foreign Trailer
Sundance Film Festival 2008: Nominated: Grand Jury Prize World Cinema - Dramatic (Dennis Gansel)