Om zijn leerlingen de atmosfeer in het Duitsland van de jaren '30 duidelijk te maken speelt geschiedenisleraar Burt Ross een gewaagd experiment: hij noemt zichzelf leider van een nieuwe beweging, De Golf, en uit ideeën over macht, discipline, en meerderwaardigheid. Zijn studenten volgen hem, en de gehele school raakt onder invloed van de beweging.
Nee, helaas is The Wave nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Alexander Grasshoff | Director |
| Writing | Ron Jones | Novel |
| Editing | Mario Di Mambro | Editor |
| Sound | John Anderson | Music |
| Art | Cary White | Art Direction |
| Camera | Hanania Baer | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Johnny Dawkins | Teleplay |
| Production | Virginia L. Carter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Fern Field | Producer |
| Production | Bruce Hendricks | Associate Producer |
| Production | Eve Brandstein | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christy Ann Newquist | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Leslie Waldman | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Gary Welch | Key Grip |
| Camera | Mike Fletcher | Grip |
| Camera | Marc Schwartz | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Bill Tozer | Property Master |
| Camera | Sam Gart | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Bruce Hendricks | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Paul Deason | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Michael Barrett | Electrician |
| Camera | John Stabile | Grip |
| Directing | Lyn Alice Aronson | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Michael Klick | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jim Dunn | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Montie Taylor | Gaffer |
