
Dead Poets Society(1989)
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.


A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany.

Bruce Davison
Ben Ross

Lori Lethin
Lauree

John Putch
David

Johnny Doran
Robert
Pasha Gray
Amy
Wesley Pfenning
Christy Ross
Marc Copage
Eric
Robert DeLapp
Matthew Dunn
Michael Pasternak
Peter
The Wave is a drama, thriller, tv movie film released in 1981 exploring themes of experiment, based on true story, teacher. Directed by Alexander Grasshoff, it stars Bruce Davison, Lori Lethin, John Putch. A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany.
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