Is there a movie based on the book The Wave?

Is there a movie based on the book The Wave?

The Wave (German: Die Welle) is a 2008 German socio-political thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Jennifer Ulrich and Max Riemelt in the leads. It is based on Ron Jones’ social experiment The Third Wave and Todd Strasser’s novel, The Wave.

Is Die Welle a true story?

It is based off of a true story that happened in the United States of America. The movie is set in the German equivalent of a secondary school in a German town. It focuses on the students in an autocracy class taught by Herr Wenger.

What is the movie Die Welle about?

Rainer (Jürgen Vogel), a teacher, is given the task of instructing his high school students about the autocratic state during a week-long session dedicated to longer-term lessons. A favorite among the kids, Rainer decides to let his students run with the subject matter, and he asks them to construct their own autocracy. However, when the kids start forming a nation state eerily similar to Nazi Germany, Rainer and the other teachers become unnerved and uncertain what to do.
The Wave/Film synopsis

Is Die Welle on Netflix?

We Are the Wave (German ‘Wir sind die Welle’) is a German coming-of-age drama web series that is loosely based on the 1981 novel The Wave by Todd Strasser. The series premiered on Netflix on 1 November 2019.

Is the wave movie a true story?

The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a “new” system to his students.

How did the wave end?

By Todd Strasser Technically, The Wave has a happy ending: the experiment ends before too much damage is done, maybe some lessons are learned, and, well, nobody dies. As one students says after it’s all over, “What a freak-out” (17.44). Shmoop isn’t sure Ben picked the best way to reveal things to his students.

When did die Welle take place?

1967
Kim compares and contrasts two versions of the same story as a German version of the story prepares for UK cinemas. German writer-director Dennis Gansel’s Die Welle (The Wave), out now, is based on an incident which took place in 1967 at a high school in Palo Alto, California.

What language is we are the wave in?

German
We Are the Wave/Languages

Is the wave in Netflix?

The Wave will be produced for Netflix by the creators and producers of the award-winning film of the same name from 2008. The first season will start its production later this year and is expected to be available to Netflix members globally in 2019.

Who was the real teacher of the wave?

Ron Jones
He is internationally known for the adaptation of his The Third Wave classroom exercise, which inspired the made-for-TV movie The Wave and other works, including a theatrical film in 2008. The original TV movie won the Emmy and Peabody Awards….Ron Jones (teacher)

Ron Jones
Alma mater	Stanford University
Website
ronjoneswriter.com