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The Wave
Why this pick
Shared genres: Drama.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2004 1h 57m DEU
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's (Max Riemelt) boxing skills earn him an appointment to a National Political Institutes of Education (NaPolA), a high school that serves as an entry to the Nazism elite. His father, a skilled factory worker who despises the Nazis, flatly refuses to allow Friedrich to enroll. Friedrich, who sees the school as his ticket to university and a better life, forges his father's signature on the permission form and leaves during the night. He makes his way to the town of Allenstein, where the school is located, getting a ride from passing cars or trucks when possible and walking the rest of the way. Friedrich's forged papers are overlooked when he arrives, and he is greatly impressed in his first day at Allenstein.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tom Schilling
Albrecht Stein
Devid Striesow
Heinrich Vogler
Sissy Höfferer
Friedrichs Mutter
Claudia Michelsen
Frau Stein (Albrechts Mutter)
Michael Lerchenberg
Lateinlehrer
Max Riemelt
Friedrich Weimer
Jonas Jägermeyr
Christoph Schneider
Joachim Bißmeier
Dr. Karl Klein