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The Wave

Die Welle

  • 2008
  • Germany
  • feature film - Drama
  • 107 min. (2930 m.)
  • Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

As a social experiment a teachers establishes a totalitarian social order in his class.

Cast

Actor/-ess
Jürgen Vogel (Rainer Wenger)
Frederick Lau (Tim)
Max Riemelt (Marko)
Jennifer Ulrich (Karo)
Christiane Paul (Anke Wenger)
Jacob Matschenz (Dennis)
Cristina do Rego (Lisa)
Elyas M'Barek (Anke Sinan)
Maximilian Vollmar (Bomber)
Max Mauff (Kevin)
Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow (Ferdi)
Tim Oliver Schultz (Jens)
Amelie Kiefer (Mona)
Odine Johne (Maja)
Fabian Preger (Kaschi)
Teresa Harder (Mother)
Dennis Gansel (Martin)
Johanna Gastdorf (Tims Mother)
Alexander Held (Tims Father)
Maren Kroymann (Headmaster)

Direction

Director
Dennis Gansel

Writing

Screenplay
Based on

Camera & Light

Director of photography
Torsten Breuer
Assistant camera / focus puller
Katharina Diessner

Decor

Production design
Petra Ringleb
Mieke Willaert
Set design
Tilman Lasch
Prop master
Philipp Hübner
Title
Darius Ghanai
Make-up artist
Irina Tübbecke-Bechem
Dörte Dobkowitz
Costume design
Ivana Milos
Animation
Lena Dickmann
Production design
Knut Loewe

Cutting & Mixing

Editing
Ueli Christen
Sound
Patrick Veigel
Sound design
Alexander Saal
Audio mixing
Christian Bischoff
Special effects
Ronny Klost
Michael Apling
Casting
Franziska Aigner-Kuhn
Uwe Bünker (Youth)

Music

Music
Heiko Maile