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The Experiment
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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.
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The Experiment opened in theaters March 8, 2001. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Moritz BleibtreuTarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77
Christian BerkelRobert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Justus von DohnányiBerus
Maren EggertDora
Edgar SelgeProfessor Dr. Klaus Thon
Andrea SawatzkiDr. Jutta Grimm
Oliver StokowskiGünther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82
Wotan Wilke MöhringJoe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69Credits
- Directed by
- Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Written by
- Don Bohlinger, Christoph Darnstädt, Mario Giordano, Mario Giordano
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- German
- Original title
- Das Experiment
- Box office
- $13.8M
Production
Fanes FilmGermany- Typhoon FilmGermany
Senator FilmGermany- Seven PicturesGermany