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Film / 2001
The Experiment
Directed by
Oliver Hirschbiegel
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.
The story
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
Nicki von TempelhoffKamps
Timo DierkesEckert
Antoine Monot Jr.Bosch
Lars GärtnerRenzel
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Philipp HochmairLars
Peter FieselerPrisoner Nr. 11
Ralf MüllerPrisoner Nr. 15
Danny RichterPrisoner Nr. 21
Polat DalPrisoner Nr. 40
Stephan SzaszPrisoner Nr. 53
Markus RudolfPrisoner Nr. 74
Thorsten DerschPrisoner Nr. 86
Sven GreferPrisoner Nr. 94
Jacek KlimontkoGläser
Markus KlaukStock
Ralph PüttmannAmandy
André JungZiegler
Uwe RohdeHans
Heiner LauterbachDennis (voice)
Fatih AkinCab Driver (voice)
Christiane GerbothNewscaster (voice)
Tristan VostryAssistant
Klaus SpinnlerAssistant
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