4 Movies Directed by Dennis Gansel

Before the Fall

Before the Fall

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-13

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (10179 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Gansel

Fullplot:

In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) - high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls, seeing this as his ticket out of factory life to university and a good salary. During his year in seventh column (fifth form), this innocence is altered as Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education; a night in the forest hunting for escaped Russian POWs brings things to a head.

The Wave

The Wave

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-05-27

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (72431 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Gansel

Cast:

Writer:

Ron Jones (short story and original protocols)

Johnny Dawkins (screenplay)

Ron Birnbach (screenplay)

Dennis Gansel

Peter Thorwarth

Fullplot:

High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, may be popular with the students, but he's also unorthodox. He's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week. He's less than enthusiastic at first, but the response of the students is surprising to say the least. He forces the students to become more invested in the prospect of self rule, and soon the class project has its own power and eerily starts to resemble Germany's past. Can Wegner and his class realize what's happening before the horrors start repeating themselves?

We Are the Night

We Are the Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-28

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (5888 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Gansel

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Berger (screenplay)

Dennis Gansel (screenplay)

Dennis Gansel (story)

Fullplot:

The Fourth State

The Fourth State

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-03-08

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1806 Reviews)

Director:

Dennis Gansel

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Dennis Gansel

Florian Schumacher (additional writer)

Fullplot:

A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.

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