The Wave
Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.
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3/13/2008Runtime
107 minsOverview
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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A chilling classroom experiment spirals as a teacher inadvertently demonstrates how quickly ordinary people can be seduced by authoritarianism. It's a slow-burn exploration of manipulation that grows increasingly uncomfortable to watch.
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