Rainer Wenger (Jürgen Vogel) is a teacher at a German high school, which is holding a "national system" theme week. Because his favorite "anarchism" class was taken by another teacher, he can only teach the "dictatorship" class. For the free-spirited students, any course is just for credits. They chat loudly in class and have no intention of listening. Wenger came up with an ingenious experiment of imaginary "dictatorship". In the one-week experiment, Wenger was placed in a supreme position and the students had to obey him absolutely. From the initial playful mentality, these young men and women gradually indulged in this organization called "The Wave". They realized the importance of collective and discipline, but unknowingly slid into the abyss of "dictatorship" and "Nazi"... This film is adapted from real events and won the 2008 German Film Outstanding Feature Film and Best Supporting Actor Award (Frederick Lau).