Admittedly I
was a little hesitant to watching a film completely in German with English subtitles.
It seemed like it would be a hassle which is odd because subtitles don’t bother
me whatsoever. With this being said I found Die Welle to be a compelling narrative
about a week long experimental teaching method. The teacher Wenger was seen as
an outlier within the teaching realm and seemed to be edgy and charismatic when
it came to teaching. His experiment in all intents and purposes was a rousing
success. He essentially proved how fascism can sweep people off their feet if
they’re not careful.
It was interesting to see the
development of the wave over the course of a week. Honestly, the movie did a
good job of making the week seem a lot longer than it should have been. It’s
crazy to think that the wave would reach such a critical mass in a measly five
day period of time. It made people develop such strong feelings for it in the
course of a business week that it drove Tim to suicide when Wenger disbanded
it. Obviously Tim had issues before the wave was created, but for something as
simple as this group meant so much to one person truly shows the dangers of
fascism. It brings in the hypothetical weak and forms them together to create a
stronger being. Over all, this was a great film and I would recommend it to
others even outside of the context of this class.
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