Watch “The Wave” Online – A real life student experiment
(38 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)
The movie “The Wave” is based on a novel by Morton Rhue and is based on a true story that happend in 1967 at Gordon High School in Palo Alto. The teacher starts an experiment with his students trying to show them how the Nazi regime was able to invluence so many people and why no one stopped them.
He created his own symbol (the wave), a dressing code, behaviour rules and a motto:
“Strength through discipline, Strength through community, Strength through action.”
The Wave
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hay
is it the movie of the book “the wave” by morton rhue?
October 10th, 2009 at 12:16 pmTIMBO
WARNING!!!! lead role is played by an egocentric arshole
October 27th, 2009 at 6:45 amdocudrama
This isn’t really a documentary – more a stylized, fictionalized version of what happened. The events actually took place at the now-defunct Cubberly Senior High School in Palo Alto.
November 6th, 2009 at 5:09 pmMarliena
That was a very radical experiment performed on underage children. While it would have been a great experiment for university students. I totally disagreed with the fact it was acted out on the high school students of a history class. I hope the teacher was removed.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:53 pmBob Prentice
This is what is happening in our country today. The public schools, er excuse me the GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS are indoctrinating the masses to be sheep. This all began in the late 60s and early 70s if not before in the school systems.
Probably goes back to right after the fall of man in the Garden of Eden.
The masses are blind. This is so sad.
Wake up people.
December 9th, 2009 at 12:04 amPam
The film froze right in the middle. I sure would like to know what happened!!!!
December 11th, 2009 at 7:01 pmJay
Bob Prentice-
Have you actually set foot in a public high school recently? I’m a high school history teacher, and a big part of my teaching involves students questioning viewpoints with me playing devil’s advocate to make them defend their arguments (thus, they’re forced to think for themselves). Closed minded, generalized statements such as yours are a waste of gray matter.
January 10th, 2010 at 2:24 pmRuso
I am curious, is this really a documenatary? Or it is a staged version of what really happend? Did these students know that they were being experimented, or not?
January 17th, 2010 at 12:56 pmI just watched the latest fiction, German film about this fact. And I am really eager to know what happened indeed
Mike
We studied this in Ethics class in collage. It came down to what would you do if your put in a position that would put you against your moral and ethical code. Interesting points were made. What would you do in this position? A Hard thing.
January 25th, 2010 at 7:56 amCamillia
It took me until 10th grade to realize how biased all my history teachers of the past were. My 10th grade history teacher was the only one who actually gave a damn about having us form our own opinions.
Our textbooks, if you actually read between the lines, gives a glorified view of the victors – which our history teachers fervently reinforce.
Everyone’s a friggin’ ultra-liberal now except for 2 or 3 kids. People who are moderates are constantly put down in class and bullied when they walk outside of the classroom. Our teacher even said once: “God, I know I’m not supposed to say this but I personally despise moderates. They should just CHOOSE A SIDE. Conservatives are more respectable than moderates because they actually take a stance. Moderates just hop back and forth.”
I’m sorry but even if your high school is all rainbows and sunshine, not everyone’s is.
The sad part is mine isn’t even the worst of them! hahahaha.
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:37 pmStiffler
I think the teacher plays the senator in the X-men movies lol
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:04 amblackmoonfalling
the movie was good…but the book was so much better…if you get a chance to read the book you’ll see what i mean.
April 10th, 2010 at 8:19 pmpranee
Wow,what a video…i absolutely loved that nazi experiment by the teacher….hats off
April 14th, 2010 at 12:44 pmW.
I think people learn the most if they experience themselve. If you don’t know something you can “imagine” what it’s like, but if you’ve experienced something you KNOW what it’s like. The only negative thing is when people don’t learn anything from it, like the boy who got picked on. He couldn’t resist the feeling. But I think when you are a strong wellthinking person you can learn much more when you experience.
Sorry if my language isn’t perfect, I’m from Holland.
May 22nd, 2010 at 5:19 amT
This is just a campy version of what’s going on in Colleges and Universities today with Professors using “Political Correctness” and their Bully pulpit to shut down free speech and anyone who disagrees with the ultra Left-wing agenda.
May 27th, 2010 at 2:30 amThere’s a whole generation of kids coming through our Schools that think Global Warming is real, that homosexuality is beautiful and wonderful, that America is a Horrible country, etc…Disagree in the Classroom and your “A’s” go to “F’s”, you’re mocked and ridiculed, and persona non-grata.
Kelley Lynch
Does anyone know what happened at the end?
May 31st, 2010 at 11:34 pmKelley Lynch
Apparently nothing happened.
May 31st, 2010 at 11:37 pmJordynn Sea
We have to read this book for my 8th grade class and the documentary is much like the book, even though there were “deleted scenes” in the documentary. They are both really great though, and Todd Strasser is an amazing author!
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:24 pmG.Rod
I saw this when it originally out back in 1982 and I was in 2nd grade. This was the first I’d seen it since then and I know what an impact it had on me. I was able to recall pretty much everything about it! It is just a reminder of how worried I am about our youth because just want to be a part of something big and make a difference. Unfortunately with the new administration in place it seems like some young people are afraid to verbalize any disagreement! I’m not for being disrespectful of people in authority, but we should be able to voice our concerns over the direction our country is going. When the Robert character said, “We can do it!” it sounded a lot like “Yes we can!” and the symbol for the wave looked a lot like the prominant campaign posters and stickers of the last election. I think every student should watch this movie even if it is dramatized and they should also be required to read 1984 by Orwell. I think a lot of our country has forgotten our past and what dangers socialism, communism and facsism create.
August 28th, 2010 at 1:06 pm