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The Experiment

  • 2001
  • TMDB 7.4/10
  • 2h

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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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.

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. 69

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