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The Wave
“Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.”
75%
Movie
1h 47m
AI Analysis
The Wave (2008) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Wave (2008) — a movie tagged as Drama and Thriller with tense moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~107 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Wave 75% (3,605 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
The Wave is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
75%
from 3.6k TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2008-03-13
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- TMDB rating
- 7.5
- TMDB ID
- 7735
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Where can I watch The Wave (2008)?
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Is there an official trailer for The Wave?
Yes, you can watch the official trailer for The Wave directly on this page. We pull the latest video metadata from TMDb and play it via YouTube integration.
What is The Wave about?
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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Wave?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Wave?
The official runtime for The Wave is approximately 107 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Jürgen Vogel
Rainer Wenger
Frederick Lau
Tim
Max Riemelt
Marco
Jennifer Ulrich
Karo
Christiane Paul
Anke Wenger
Elyas M'Barek
Sinan
Cristina do Rego
Lisa
Jacob Matschenz
Dennis
Maximilian Vollmar
Bomber
Tim Oliver Schultz
Jens
Amelie Kiefer
Mona
Max Mauff
Kevin
- F
Fabian Preger
Kaschi
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow
Ferdi
Odine Johne
Maja
Tino Mewes
Schädel
Karoline Teska
Miri
- M
Marco Bretscher-Coschignano
Dominik
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