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The Experiment

  • March 2001
  • 2hrs

  • Drama
  • Thriller
  • Directed by

    Oliver Hirschbiegel,

    Starring

    Moritz Bleibtreu,

    Christian Berkel,

    Justus von Dohnányi,

    Maren Eggert

    ...

    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.