Die Welle

Released Year: 2008

Certificate: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 minutes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 0

Director: Dennis Gansel

Stars: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich

No of Votes: 102742

Gross: N/A

Overview: A high school teacher's 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.

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