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 |
| Writing | Johnny Dawkins | Teleplay |
| Production | Virginia L. Carter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Fern Field | Producer |
| Sound | John Anderson | Music |
| Camera | Hanania Baer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mario Di Mambro | Editor |
| Art | Cary White | Art Direction |
| Production | Bruce Hendricks | Associate Producer |
| Production | Eve Brandstein | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christy Ann Newquist | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Bruce Hendricks | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Paul Deason | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Michael Klick | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Leslie Waldman | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Bill Tozer | Property Master |
| Lighting | Michael Barrett | Electrician |
| Camera | Jim Dunn | Key Grip |
| Camera | Mike Fletcher | Grip |
| Camera | Sam Gart | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Marc Schwartz | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | John Stabile | Grip |
| Lighting | Montie Taylor | Gaffer |
| Camera | Gary Welch | Key Grip |
| Directing | Lyn Alice Aronson | Script Supervisor |
