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.
If The Wave hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Like The Wave, this one is rooted in guilt, figuring out who you are, and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, class and money, and life under oppression. Both move the same way too, tense, bleak, slow burn, and escalating.
Like The Wave, this one is rooted in guilt and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on class and money and corrupt institutions. Both move the same way too, tense and escalating.
