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The Experiment

The Experiment

You are invited to participate

2001•2h 0m•7.4/10
DramaThriller

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7.4/10(1K)

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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Production

Fanes Film, Typhoon Film, Senator Film, Seven Pictures

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu

Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77

Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel

Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

Justus von Dohnányi

Justus von Dohnányi

Berus

Maren Eggert

Maren Eggert

Dora

Edgar Selge

Edgar Selge

Professor Dr. Klaus Thon

Andrea Sawatzki

Andrea Sawatzki

Dr. Jutta Grimm

Oliver Stokowski

Oliver Stokowski

Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69

Nicki von Tempelhoff

Nicki von Tempelhoff

Kamps

Timo Dierkes

Timo Dierkes

Eckert

Antoine Monot Jr.

Antoine Monot Jr.

Bosch

Lars Gärtner

Lars Gärtner

Renzel

Philipp Hochmair

Philipp Hochmair

Lars

Peter Fieseler

Peter Fieseler

Prisoner Nr. 11

Ralf Müller

Prisoner Nr. 15

Danny Richter

Prisoner Nr. 21

Polat Dal

Prisoner Nr. 40

Stephan Szasz

Stephan Szasz

Prisoner Nr. 53

Markus Rudolf

Prisoner Nr. 74

Thorsten Dersch

Prisoner Nr. 86

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