The Wave

The Wave

Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.

2008107 min7.5 / 10

A chilling classroom experiment that spirals into authoritarianism, exploring how easily democratic societies can slip into fascism through manipulation and groupthink.

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.

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