The Wave (1981)
Based on the real experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, CA in April 1967, whose teacher wanted to explain the rise of the Nazi party to his students.
Noter fra filmen
05.01
[Bog som nævnes 'Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' af William L. Shirer. A couple excerpts of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer ]
15.01
[Navngivelse 'The Wave']
21.49
“Strength through discipline
Strength through community
Strength through action”
26.30
[Læren spiller rollen helt ud.]
30.50
“We want you with us not against us.
Well count me out. People are starting to get hurt.
Alright so a few people are getting hurt a long the way but it is for the good of the hole. Why can’t you see that? Look it’s a new system we can make it work.”
41.15
[Afsløring af Hitler som lederen]
“Now listen carefully there is no national youth movement.
You thought you were so special. Better than everyone out site this room.
You traded the freedom for the luxury of feeling superior.
You accepted the groups will over your own convictions now matter who you heard.
Oh you thought you were just going a long the ride. That you could just walk away at any moment. But where were you heading? How fare would you have gone?
Take a look at your future.
[Klip fra Nazi tyskland vises]
Yes you would have all made good Nazi’s. You would have put one the uniforms. Turned your heads and allowed your friends and neighbours to be persecuted and destroyed. Fascism is not something those other people did. Cause right here in all of us. You ask. How could the German people do nothing as millions of innocent human beings where murdered? How could the claim they weren’t involved? What causes people to deny there own history? Well if history repeat it self you’ll all wanted to deny what happened to you in ‘The Wave’. But if our experiment is successful we have all learned that we are responsible for our own actions. And that you must question what you do rather than blindly follow a leader. And that for the rest of your lives you will never allow a groups will to seep your individual rights.
I know this has been painful for you. It surdenly has for me. But it is a lesson we will all share for the rest of our lives.”