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The Experiment (2001)

The Experiment (2001)

Drama Thriller

You are invited to participate

Release Date: 2001, March 8
Directors: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Countries: Germany
Production: Fanes Film, Typhoon Film, Senator Film, Seven Pictures
Cast: Christian Berkel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Justus von Dohnányi, Antoine Monot Jr., Wotan Wilke Möhring, Timo Dierkes, Uwe Rohde, Oliver Stokowski, Maren Eggert, Edgar Selge, Andrea Sawatzki, Nicki von Tempelhoff

Overview:

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

Keywords:

baffled based on novel or book audacious critical torture dramatic defiant journalist prison prison cell antagonistic absurd awestruck manipulation humiliation angry earnest experiment imprisonment rape demeaning prisoner aggression scientific study authority blackbox test person