TY - ADVS AU - Gansel,Dennis AU - Thorwarth,Peter AU - Dawkins,Johnny AU - Birnbach,Ron AU - Becker,Christian AU - Becker,Christian AU - Lau,Frederick AU - Riemelt,Max AU - Ulrich,Jennifer AU - Paul,Christiane ED - Constantin Film (Firm) TI - The wave PY - 2009/// CY - UK PB - Momentun Pictures KW - Education KW - Germany KW - Experimental methods KW - Drama KW - High school students KW - Psychology KW - Fascism KW - Youth KW - Behavior modification KW - History KW - Study and teaching KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2008; Based upon a short story by William Ron Jones and "The Wave."; Special features: Deleted scenes -- Alternate ending -- Making of The wave -- Empty trash -- Music video -- Rom content -- Trailers; Director of photography, Torsten Breuer ; editor, Ueli Christen ; original music, Heiko Maile; Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Christiane Paul; BBFC rating: 15 years and over. Contains infrequent strong violence and one use of very strong language N2 - 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 ER -