 To explain to his students the atmosphere in the 1930 s Nazi-Germany, history teacher Burt Ross initiates a daring experiment. He declares himself leader of a new movement, called  The Wave . Inspired, he proclaims ideas about Power, Discipline and Superiority. His students are strikingly willing to follow him. Soon the entire school is under the spell of  The Wave . Anyone who refuses to be a part of the Movement, faces threats or worse. Ross himself gets carried away by his own experiment. Or has it turned into something more than an experiment? A climax is unavoidable, resulting in a hard lesson for both Ross and his students...