The Wave
“Their teacher became their leader. His students became his soldiers.”
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.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Rat Pack Filmproduktion
Language
de
Status
Released
How The Wave performed
Budget
$7.5M
Worldwide Gross
$32.4M
Gross Profit
$24.9M
Return
4.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Rainer Wenger
Jürgen Vogel
Rainer Wenger
Tim
Frederick Lau
Tim
Marco
Max Riemelt
Marco
Karo
Jennifer Ulrich
Karo
Anke Wenger
Christiane Paul
Anke Wenger
Sinan
Elyas M'Barek
Sinan
Lisa
Cristina do Rego
Lisa
Dennis
Jacob Matschenz
Dennis
Bomber
Maximilian Vollmar
Bomber
Jens
Tim Oliver Schultz
Jens
Mona
Amelie Kiefer
Mona
Kevin
Max Mauff
Kevin
If you liked The Wave
Land of the Blind
2006
Equilibrium
2002
Punishment Park
1971
A Dry White Season
1989
Steve
2025
One Eight Seven
1997