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The Wave
2008. Germany. Dennis Gansel. 93 min.
Introduced by Gansel and Ulrich
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1
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The Wave
2008. Germany. Directed by Dennis Gansel. Screenplay by Gansel, Peter Thorwarth, based on the novel by Todd Strasser. With Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Jennifer Ulrich. Set in present-day Germany, but adapted from a book based on events that took place in a California high school, The Wave is a tense and gripping account of what happens when a classroom exercise in authoritarianism, led by a popular teacher, goes horribly awry. In German; English subtitles. 93 min.
In the Film exhibition Kino 2008
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