The Experiment
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.
Director(s)
Fatih Akin
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Isabel Kleefeld
Ulrike Hampeter
Heike Manzke
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John Chard
Berus V 77, Experiment, Das (2001), amazing experience! So it took me close on 7 years to watch it, so it took me to do a thread about my personal prison based film project on IMDb to get some prompts for this film, I'm just like Novacaine, if you give me time, I get there. Based on the real life Stanford prison experiment in 1971, Das Experiment is a fabulous construction of seams coming apart in the human psyche, the films triumph is that we are never left in any doubt that things are going to go pear shaped from the off, but the fact that it manages to bash you over the head with its bluntness to reinforce the point, is, magnificent story telling. As much as the film disturbs, it is as much an education of the human condition under trying circumstances. Moritz Bleibtreu & Justus von Dohnanyi play Tarek & Berus respectively, with both men giving superlative performances as the two lynch pins to the pic's unravelling terror. This is not merely an experiment, but a test where the results are dangerously grounded in facts, it's bleak, it's at times harsh, but it actually is essential cinema for those looking for a kicker where the boot on the foot is all too real, one that and was once worn by the man next door to you. The rating on some internet sites is a disgrace IMHO, I have drop-kicked Der Untergang over the goal posts to make this my new favourite German film. I probably shouldn't go 10/10 for the film after it has scarred me from ever listening to The Beach Boys classic "Wouldn't It Be Nice" ever again - for now that tune will never seem jolly, it will just serve as a reminder of what a brilliantly bleak film Das Experiment is. 10/10
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The directors of The Experiment are Fatih Akin, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Isabel Kleefeld, Ulrike Hampeter, and Heike Manzke.
The cast of The Experiment includes Justus von Dohnányi as Berus, Wotan Wilke Möhring as Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69, Moritz Bleibtreu as Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77, Andrea Sawatzki as Dr. Jutta Grimm, Christian Berkel as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38, André Jung as Ziegler, Fatih Akin as Cab Driver (voice), Oliver Stokowski as Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82, Timo Dierkes as Eckert, Antoine Monot Jr. as Bosch, Maren Eggert as Dora, Edgar Selge as Professor Dr. Klaus Thon, and more.
The duration of The Experiment is 2h 0 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Experiment trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
The Experiment was released on 08 Mar 2001.
The Experiment is listed under Drama and Thriller on Fanbiz.
The Experiment has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 10.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Berus V 77, Experiment, Das (2001), amazing experience! So it took me close on 7 years to watch it, so it took me to do a thread about my personal prison based film project..."
