The Experiment

• 7.4 Drama
• 2001-03-08
• 120 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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) Nicki von Tempelhoff (Kamps) Timo Dierkes (Eckert)

Director:

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Writer:

Mario Giordano Don Bohlinger Christoph Darnstädt