Friday, March 18, 2011

The Wave - 2008 *** 1/2


A fascinating German film ( echoing the disturbing 'The Experiment' that I also saw recently) about a teacher who decides to teach his class under a dictatorship to see whether it is possible in modern Germany. His pupils at first disagree and then become fascinated with the idea, even donning a uniform and inventing their own special greeting salute. The teacher separates the class, putting good with bad and popular with non, totally breaking the boundaries of social cliches which proves very successful, however the students then begin to take the idea too far...

A really interesting and terrifying idea which is supposedly based on a true account. A worthwhile watch.

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