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A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
A modern German classroom becomes a chilling petri dish when a bored teacher launches a social experiment to prove how easily democracy can slip into fascism. This tight psychological thriller strips away the illusion of immunity, showing how quickly peer pressure and symbols can turn classmates into a radicalized mob.
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Director
Dennis Gansel
Cast
Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek, Cristina do Rego, Jacob Matschenz, Maximilian Vollmar, Tim Oliver Schultz
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The Wave
You can watch The Wave (2008) for free on Kanopy.
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Director
Dennis Gansel
Cast
Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul, Elyas M'Barek, Cristina do Rego, Jacob Matschenz, Maximilian Vollmar, Tim Oliver Schultz
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