- Summary
- During project week, a popular and unorthodox high school teacher, in an attempt to stir up his lethargic students, devises an experiment that will explain what totalitarianism is and how it works. What begins with harmless notions about discipline and community builds into a real movement: the Wave. The teacher decides to break off the experiment. But it may be too late; the Wave has taken on a life of its own and is out of control.
- Uniform Title
- Welle (Motion picture)
- Other Title
- Wave.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- [United States] : IFC Films : MPI Media Group, [2011]
- Locale
- Germany
- Other Authors/Editors
- Becker, Christian, 1972- film producer.
Gansel, Dennis, 1973- director, screenwriter.
Thorwarth, Peter, 1971- screenwriter.
Vogel, Jürgen, 1968- actor.
Lau, Frederick, 1989- actor.
Riemelt, Max, 1984- actor.
Ulrich, Jennifer, actor.
Paul, Christiane, 1974- actor.
Jones, Ron, 1941- author.
Sundance Selects (Firm)
Constantin Film (Firm)
Rat Pack Filmproduktion (Firm)
Medienfonds German Film Productions.
B.A. Produktion (Firm)
IFC Films.
MPI Home Video (Firm)
- Notes
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Title from container.
Based upon a short story by William Ron Jones and "The Wave."
Teleplay by Johnny Dawkins & Ron Birnbach.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.
Director of photography, Torsten Breuer ; editor, Ueli Christen ; original music, Heiko Maile.
Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul.
NTSC, region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1), enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital 5.1
German dialogue; optional English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
