The Wave
Brief Synopsis
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A drama, based on a true story, about a high school experiment in mind control. When asked by his students to explain how Germany willingly went along with Nazism, and ignored the slaughter around them, Burt Ross, the teacher, designs for his students a psychological game based on a strict code of b
Cast & Crew
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Alex Grasshoff
Director
Bruce Davison
Wesley Pfenning
Frank Lloyd
John Putch
Teri Ralston
Film Details
Also Known As
ABC Afterschool Specials (10/04/81), Wave
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1981
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
A drama, based on a true story, about a high school experiment in mind control. When asked by his students to explain how Germany willingly went along with Nazism, and ignored the slaughter around them, Burt Ross, the teacher, designs for his students a psychological game based on a strict code of behavior that stresses the feeling that an individual is part of something more important than him or herself -- a movement. Soon the game becomes real, and turns the school into an aggressive, regimental and regressive Fascist State. Burt Ross must bring the game to its conclusion before things get too out of hand at the school.
Director
Alex Grasshoff
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
ABC Afterschool Specials (10/04/81), Wave
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1981
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
