The Experiment

Movie

2001

2h 0m

German

Drama, Thriller

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7.8

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The Experiment

Movie

2001

2h 0m

German

Drama, Thriller

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

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Moritz Bleibtreu

Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77

Christian Berkel

Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

Justus von Dohnányi

Berus

Maren Eggert

Dora

Edgar Selge

Professor Dr. Klaus Thon

Andrea Sawatzki

Dr. Jutta Grimm

Oliver Stokowski

Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69

Kamps

Eckert

Bosch

Renzel

Lars

Prisoner Nr. 11

Prisoner Nr. 15

Prisoner Nr. 21

Prisoner Nr. 40

Prisoner Nr. 53

Prisoner Nr. 74

Prisoner Nr. 86

Prisoner Nr. 94

Gläser

Stock

Amandy

Ziegler

Directed By: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Written By: Christoph Darnstädt, Don Bohlinger, + 2 more

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Juliosoft says...

11 years ago

Experiment, some people are the guards and the other are prisioners, only 6 days and they must shutdown because of brutality. Some people with power are dangerous. Based in a experiment

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noathings says...

11 years ago

This was wickedddddd. The tension was felt in every moment, in every scene and shot. The dark colours light up stark against the oddly steretypical but not out of place music. This compelling storytelling has you on edge through out the movie! If you like thrillers, and stories with unethical motives, give this a shot!

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Tomáš Flekač says...

4 years ago

In fact, I expected a little more from this film. A film in the bowels of a research laboratory made according to a real event, where the whole experiment gets out of control, is certainly a tempting topic. Unfortunately, the content of the film is no longer like that. The whole film came to me a bit sloppy, but it certainly didn't bore me. I like movies from the prison environment, but probably because it was de facto just a game, as some actors in the film said, it didn't bother me that much, but I still think that you will find this film for your fans. I definitely rate this film positively, even though I expected more from it

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Maarten Delfgou says...

3 years ago

The original title of the film is Das Experiment.

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John Chard

6 years ago

Berus V 77, Experiment, Das (2001), amazing experience!

So it took me close on 7 years to watch it, so it took me to do a thread about my personal prison based film project on IMDb to get some prompts for this film, I'm just like Novacaine, if you give me time, I get there.

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