A fantastic Movie.

If you don't believe how easy it is to create a fascist state, even in the United States,  just watch this movie AND remember even though this movie is in German (sub-titles in English) and was produced in Gernamy it really happened in the U.S.

See:  How it happened in CA.

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In essence it is about a German high school teacher's unusual experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship but it spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

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For the movie go here: The Wave on IMDB

What one international critic had to say:

"Review by Andrew L. Urban:
It took one week - just one week, to turn a group of middle class high school kids into a Fascist mob with all the hatred and violence that represented Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy or Communist everywhere. While this is a dramatization of real events - in California, no less, not Germany - the message is still valid. Like the other German film about a real experiment, Das Experiment, in which volunteers play guards and prisoners, the ability of humans to slide into abhorrent, hateful behaviour is easier than we like to think

But the point of the film is not to preach, although it is certainly a genuine warning. The point is to explore human nature, to see how easy it is to create the conditions that appeal especially to the weak, the disenfranchised, the unloved, in which they feel empowered, and their resentment becomes a deadly weapon."