THE WAVE
synopsis
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.
| international title: | The Wave |
| original title: | Die Welle |
| country: | Germany |
| year: | 2008 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Dennis Gansel |
| release date: | DE 13/03/2008, AT 14/03/2008, CZ 01/05/2008, DK 12/09/2008, UK 19/09/2008, BE 22/10/2008, GR 13/11/2008, NL 27/11/2008, IS 09/01/2009, FR 04/03/2009, IT 27/02/2009 |
| screenplay: | Dennis Gansel, Peter Thorwarth |
| cast: | Jürgen Vogel, Christiane Paul, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Frederick Lau, Jacob Matschenz |
| cinematography by: | Torsten Breuer |
| film editing: | Ueli Christen |
| art director: | Knut Loewe |
| producer: | Christian Becker, Anita Schneider, Nina Maag |
| production: | Rat Pack Filmproduktion, Constantin Film AG |
| backing: | Filmfoerderungsanstalt (FFA), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Deutscher Filmfoerderfonds (DFFF) |
| distributor: | Constantin Film, SPI International (CZ), Momentum Pictures (UK), Seven Films (GR), Bac Films (FR), BIM (IT) |
