The Experiment

You are invited to participate

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Drama
Thriller

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

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

Details

Status: Released
Release date: March 8, 2001
Original language: German
Spoken languages: German
Countries: Germany, United States of America
Production: Senator International,Seven Pictures,Senator Film,Typhoon,Fanes Film,Typhoon Film
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu,Christian Berkel,Justus von Dohnányi,Maren Eggert,Edgar Selge,Andrea Sawatzki,Oliver Stokowski,Wotan Wilke Möhring,Nicki von Tempelhoff,Timo Dierkesand 21 more
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Writer: Mario Giordano,Don Bohlinger,Christoph Darnstädt
Producer: Friedrich Wildfeuer,Norbert Preuss,Marc Conrad,Ulrike Leibfried
Cinematography: Rainer Klausmann
Music: Alexander Bubenheim
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: $13,782,896
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt0250258