The Wave

The Wave

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1981-10-04
Duration:44 min
Director:Alexander Grasshoff
Actors:Bruce Davison, Lori Lethin, John Putch, Johnny Doran, Pasha Gray
Production:TAT Communications Company

Overview:

A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany.

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