Die Welle, The Wave [Region All, NTSC]

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It creates this palpable undercurrent, that even with a country that already identifies itself as guilty; it still cannot escape the possibility of anarchy. Would they really not see the parallel between themselves and the Nazi films and anti-Nazi speeches they have been bombarded with throughout their youth?

The film ends with Wenger being arrested by the police and driven away, Bomber being taken away to the hospital, and Marco and Karo being re-united; the final shot shows Wenger in the back of a police car, staring blankly into the camera, a look of distress on his face. The unsuspecting students think they are participating in some sort of fun club, but they are really being shown how easily impressionable people can be attracted by autocracy.Even though I believe that most people know about the story already I advise everybody to watch this update. A chilling insight into our deepest frailties and shortcomings, and hidden evils that are part of the human condition. The rights to the story which belonged to Sony were given over to Dennis Gansel for the production of a German movie.

Jan Plewka wrote and recorded a song for the film, Was Dich So Verändert Hat, in both a German and English version. He says he does not believe that films are capable of having a greater political impact on the viewers and that a film can only influence people who were already sensitized to the topic presented. For years I have known of the existence of this film, its director as well as the cast, but it was precisely because of the synopsis the reason that always left me in a dilemma of whether to see it or not because in my mind two scenarios could happen: it turned out to be a risky proposal or a huge overflowing pretentiousness. The standard of acting by the large cast is uniformly (pun intended) good and it should be added that they look like senior high school students of 17 - 18 and not 25 - 30 year olds faking it. It showed how - easily a society could fall into fascism, if presented to the society in the correct way.

which may be a deliberate piece of irony by the film-makers- ever since at least the time of King Canute trying to "stop the waves" has been a metaphor for attempting the impossible. I felt myself being drawn into the film in the same way as Mr Wenger's students were being drawn into his 'experiment'.

The alternate rock soundtrack, cutting and hand-held cinematography highlights and renders contagious the youthful energy of Die Welle itself.

Wenger suggests a uniform of a white shirt and jeans, to remove class distinction and further unite the group.

This also includes subsidiary aspects such as the football team which was turned into a water polo team in the German version whose coach, as opposed to the original, is the teacher himself. A Onda, Эксперимент 2: Волна, 恶魔教室, La ola, Náš vůdce, Nas vudce, The Wave ウェイヴ, Το Κύμα, La Vague, The. It's just that once again, the final scenes of Wenger disappearing in the back of a police car raise unanswered questions of responsibility, liability, legality and ownership that the film doesn't seem all that interested in exploring, to its detriment. Another interesting thing portrayed here was the relative power of one person, not only by the teacher, but a girl who walked out of the experiment and tried to convince the other students of how things were going in the wrong direction. One important point that needs to be added is that its a German movie, and for historical reasons the topic is a delicate one, yet seems to add to the whole feel.Nevertheless, she is a typical "Generation Y"-kid who only acts when she can find personal gain in it. The small town the movie is set in is prosperous and does not show any salient social or economic problems and the teacher practices a liberal lifestyle. When his students, the third generation after the Second World War, [3] do not believe that a dictatorship could be established in modern Germany, he starts an experiment to demonstrate how easily the masses can be manipulated. According to the lack of depth in their motives and emotions, they seem to be distanced, the critics argued further, especially Karo's transformation from the enthusiastic participant to the aggressive opponent is not comprehensible. While the 2008 movie "Die Welle" certainly was entertaining and enjoyable, then it wasn't really as impactful as the 1981 movie "The Wave".