---
title: 'The Wave (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Dennis Gansel'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wave-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1063669/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wave (2008)

2008 · 107 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die Welle

## Synopsis

The Wave is a 2008 German socio-political thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Jennifer Ulrich and Max Riemelt in the leads. It is based on Ron Jones' social experiment The Third Wave and Todd Strasser's novel The Wave. The film was produced by Christian Becker for Rat Pack Filmproduktion. The movie was successful in German cinemas, and 2.3 million people watched it in the first ten weeks after its release.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Dennis Gansel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-gansel)
- **Screenplay:** [Dennis Gansel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-gansel), [Peter Thorwarth](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-thorwarth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heiko Maile](https://cinepixo.com/people/heiko-maile)
- **Producer:** [Christian Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-becker)
- **Director of Photography:** [Torsten Breuer](https://cinepixo.com/people/torsten-breuer)
- **Editor:** [Ueli Christen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ueli-christen)

## Cast

- [Karoline Teska](https://cinepixo.com/people/karoline-teska)
- [Lucas Hardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-hardt)
- [Liv Lisa Fries](https://cinepixo.com/people/liv-lisa-fries)
- [Maximilian Vollmar](https://cinepixo.com/people/maximilian-vollmar)
- [Alexander Held](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-held)
- [Jacob Matschenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacob-matschenz)
- [Tino Mewes](https://cinepixo.com/people/tino-mewes)
- [Johanna Gastdorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-gastdorf)
- [Odine Johne](https://cinepixo.com/people/odine-johne)
- [Tommy Schwimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-schwimmer)
- [Jennifer Ulrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-ulrich)
- [Tim Oliver Schultz](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-oliver-schultz)
- [Max Riemelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-riemelt)
- [Joseph M'Barek](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-m-barek)
- [Teresa Harder](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-harder)

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Official site: https://constantin.film/kino/die-welle/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wave-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q157973); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.