Dennis Gansel, 2008
30 minutes; 3 or 4 questions; 20 or 25 marks; 10% or 12.5% of GCSE
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The Wave (Dennis Gansel, 2008)
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A high school teacher's unusual experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.
Rainer Wegner (Vogel) is a freewheeling post-punk teacher in a German high school who, to his dismay, has to teach autocracy in project week. His pupils are also less than enthralled by the prospect. As one sighs: “The Nazis sucked, we get it.” When Wegner suggests an experiment to see if a dictatorship could again be possible, his initially sceptical class embrace the idea, creating a group called The Wave. Before long, The Wave has taken over the school, leading to violence and ostracism. It’s a fascinating notion, convincingly realised. While it seems intrinsically German, the film is actually based on events in a Californian school in 1967 — a Hollywood remake is surely not far off.
A fascinating notion, convincingly realised.
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=kKpbn4mScu3ctLxh&list=PLtOkXWKC6NZSGqKNomuM0cqFETStmY1OX
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