Film Review

Film: The Wave (Die Welle)

The Wave is a successful german movie. More than two and a half millions germans have seen it. It is based on the book The Wave. The film was produced by the great Dennis Gansel and directed by Christian Becker in 2008. It starred some awsome german young actors and actresses like Frederik Lau, Max Riemelt, Jeniffer Ulrich and Odine Johne. It also has the participation of Jurgen Vogel.

It is project week in the school, and Rainer Wenger( Jurgen Vogel) has to teach the students what is autocracy. Firstly he argues over whether or not a dictatorship could be established in modern Germany. Of course the students don´t believe in it. So he starts trying to show how easily people can be manipulated creating an experiment.

The goal of the experiment was to make the classmates create a moviment. The Wave was founded, all students starded wearing white shirts and having Rainer as a leader. Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that some students are taking The Wave far more seriously than others, with disastrous results.

It is defenitely a worth watching, Vogel played this caracter perfectly making people believe in what he was saying during the film. The young actors and actresses despite having no large expirience handled their rolles in a shocking and fantastic way. The Wave is a superbly directed and thought-provoking thriller that will doubtless become a huge hit with philosophy and sociology teachers everywhere. Highly recommended.