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Jacob Matschenz

Jacob Matschenz

Biography

Jacob Matschenz (born 1984, Berlin) is a German actor. He is notable for film and television work including The Wave (2008), 12 Paces Without a Head (2009) and The Sinking of the Laconia (2010). He won the Adolf Grimme Award in 2008 for his appearance in An die Grenze.

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Ripples of Control: The Unsettling Power of *The Wave*

on The Wave | Jul 21, 2025

In The Wave (2008), director Dennis Gansel crafts a chilling exploration of authoritarianism’s seductive pull, grounded in a German high school experiment gone awry. Adapted from Todd Strasser’s novel... Read more

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