The Wave(Movie, 2015)

Name: The Wave
Genre: Thriller
Released: 2015
Duration: T01:44:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "Bølgen" (Norwegian/NO)

| 1h 44min | Genre: Thriller

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 564 votes)

The Wave (Norwegian: Bølgen) is a 2015 Norwegian disaster film directed by Roar Uthaug. It was Norway's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but failed to be nominated. The movie depicts the Åkerneset crevice collapsing in Møre og Romsdal, creating an avalanche resulting in an 80-metre (260 ft) tall tsunami that destroys everything in its path. A sequel titled The Quake (Norwegian: Skjelvet), directed by John Andreas Andersen, was released on 31 August 2018. The third installment The Burning Sea was released 25 February 2022. ()

Part of the The Wave / The Quake Collection

Where to watch The Wave (cinema/streaming/download)?

"The Wave" is currently available on 2 providers. The Wave can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Available languages: Norwegian Nynorsk
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 45min

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Duration: 1h 45min

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Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: Norwegian Nynorsk
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 45min

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Duration: 1h 45min

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About The Wave

Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.

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Trailer for The Wave + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:10)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Official Trailer (Trailer) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: Norway

Plays in: Norway

Made by: Fantefilm, Tre Vänner AB

Original language: Norwegian (NO)

Spoken languages: Norwegian (NO)

Translated into 28 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/04/2016 (World premiere: 08/28/2015)

Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Fridtjov Såheim, Arthur Berning, Thomas Bo Larsen

Director: Roar Uthaug

Screenwriter: Harald Rosenløw Eeg, John Kåre Raake

Film Editor: Christian Siebenhertz

Director of Photography: John Christian Rosenlund

Composer: Magnus Beite

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"A Onda"

"La última ola"

Keywords: geologist, disaster movie, avalanche, fjord, hotel, tourism, disaster, tsunami, underwater, new job, bomb shelter, norway, family in peril

Budget: 5,904,067 USD

Revenue: 12,975,143 USD (= 220%)

3 movies in the The Wave / The Quake Collection

2015 The Wave

2018 The Quake ("Skjelvet")

2019 The Tunnel ("Tunnelen")

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The Wave(Movie, 2015)

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Trailer for The Wave + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:10)

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