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Intense German thriller inspired by the famous Stanford University prison experiment. Taxi driver Tarek (Moritz Bleibtrau) volunteers for an experiment in which a group of subjects will be divided up into guards and prisoners and locked up together for 14 days. Arriving at the 'prison', Tarek is assigned the role of prisoner, and by the end of the first day has already run into trouble with the guards. Over the coming days, the tensions between the two sides grows ever stronger and eventually results in a situation of open conflict.

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• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Oliver Hirschbiegel
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Stephan Szasz
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
• Producers ‏ : ‎ Benjamin Herrmann, Friedrich Wildfeuer, Marc Conrad, Norbert Preuss
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00006AW7T
• Writers ‏ : ‎ Christoph Darnstädt, Don Bohlinger, Mario Giordano
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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The Experiment

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without... Read all For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence. For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.

• Oliver Hirschbiegel
• Mario Giordano
• Christoph Darnstädt
• Don Bohlinger
• Moritz Bleibtreu
• Christian Berkel
• Oliver Stokowski
• 189 User reviews
• 108 Critic reviews
• 59 Metascore
• 14 wins & 14 nominations

Top cast 31

• Tarek Fahd Nr. 77

• Robert Steinhoff Nr. 38

• Günther Schütte Nr. 82

• Joe Maier Nr. 69
• Häftling Nr. 53
• Häftling Nr. 40

• Häftling Nr. 21
• Häftling Nr. 15
• Häftling Nr. 74
• Häftling Nr. 11
• Häftling Nr. 86
• (as Thorsten J.H. Dersch)
• Häftling Nr. 94

• (as Justus von Dohnànyi)

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• Trivia Although no one died in the Stanford Prison Experiment on which the movie was based, the experiment was prematurely ended after six days out of a planned two weeks. The college students assigned (randomly) to be prisoners were "withdrawing and behaving in pathological ways" as a result of the degrading treatment they received. Quite a few scenes in the movie actually happened in the original experiment, including the early fire extinguisher scene and the prisoners being forced to clean the toilets by their bare hands.
• Goofs On the film poster Tarek is wearing number 82, but in the film he is number 77.

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Nachrichtensprecher : [voiceover - spoiler] The tragic outcome: two dead, three injured, among them project leader Professor Klaus Thon. Clearly, the experiment went out of control after two days. The district attorney is investigating two possible manslaughter charges and several charges of abuse and negligence. One of the test participants has been arrested. The project direction will probably have to answer to a court. According to statements by one of the scientists, the escalation might have been prevented by aborting the experiment earlier.

• Alternate versions The first cinema version had an insert in the beginning of the movie which stated "This is based on the Stanford Prison Experiment". Since Prof. Philip Zimbardo wasn't asked by the filmmakers - and the movie doesn't really show the true experiment, but an exaggeration, the insert was changed to say "This movie is based on the novel Black Box"
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• Apr 23, 2006
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• March 8, 2001 (Germany)
• Những Kẻ Thí Nghiệm
• University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Senator Film Produktion
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• Sep 22, 2002
• $13,782,896

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Human behavior is determined to some degree by the uniforms we wear. An army might march more easily in sweat pants, but it wouldn’t have the same sense of purpose. School uniforms enlist kids in the “student body.” Catholic nuns saw recruitment fall off when they modernized their habits. If you want to figure out what someone thinks of himself, examine the uniform he is wearing. Gene Siskel amused himself by looking at people on the street and thinking: When they left home this morning, they thought they looked good in that.

“Das Experiment,” a new film from Germany, suggests that uniforms and the roles they assign amplify underlying psychological tendencies. In the experiment, 20 men are recruited to spend two weeks in a prison environment. Eight are made into guards and given quasi-military uniforms. Twelve become prisoners and wear nightshirts with numbers sewn on them. All 20 know they are merely volunteers working for a $1,700 paycheck.

The movie is based on a novel, Black Box , by Mario Giordano . The novel was probably inspired by the famous Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971, a classic of role-playing. On that experiment’s Web site, its director, Philip G. Zimbardo, writes: “How we went about testing these questions and what we found may astound you. Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended prematurely after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress.” So there, I’ve given away the plot. Some critics of “Das Experiment” question the fact that the guards become cruel so quickly, but the real-life experiment bears that out. What is fascinating is how most of the members of both groups tend to follow charismatic leaders. None of the other guards is as sadistic as Berus (Justus von Dohnanyi) and none of the other prisoners is as rebellious as Tarek Fahd ( Mortiz Bleibtreu ), who remembers, “My father would say, ‘Don’t do this,’ and I’d do it.” Perhaps uniforms turn us into packs, led by the top dog. There are a few strays. One prisoner seems custom-made to be a victim, but another, a man with military experience, holds back and tries to analyze the situation and provide cool guidance. But he’s more or less powerless because–well, the guards are in charge. One of the guards has misgivings about what is happening, but it takes a lot of nerve to defy the pack.

It would make perfect sense for the guards to say, “Look, we’re all in this together and we all want the $1,700 at the end of the two weeks. So let’s make it easy on ourselves.” But at Stanford as in this movie (and in life), that is not human nature. The outcome of the experiment is clear from the setup. We would be astonished if the guards became humane.

What impressed me is how effective the movie was, even though the outcome is a foregone conclusion. That’s a tribute to the director, Oliver Hirschbiegel , and the actors, who have been chosen with the same kind of typecasting that perhaps occurs in life. The sadist looks mean. The rebel looks like a trouble-maker. The military guy looks competent. The victim looks submissive. We see them and read them. Is it the same in life? By halfway through, I was surprised how involved I was, and I see that I stopped taking notes at about that point–stopped thinking objectively and began to identify. Of course I identified with the trouble-maker. But give me a uniform and who knows what I would have done. The fact that the movie is German inspires thoughts about the Holocaust: The Nazi command structure needed only strong leaders at the top for Hitler to find, as one book called them, willing executioners in the ranks. But is the syndrome limited to Nazi Germany? This movie argues not.

Thinking of World War II, we’re reminded not only of the Nazi uniforms, which were fetishistic, but of the genial sloppiness of the average American G.I., as unforgettably portrayed by the great Bill Mauldin. His Willie and Joe, unshaven, their helmets askew, cigarettes dangling from their lips, resented authority, but they won the war.

The Stanford Prison Experiment can be found on the Web at www.prisonexp.org.

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Intense German thriller inspired by the famous Stanford University prison experiment. Taxi driver Tarek (Moritz Bleibtrau) volunteers for an experiment in which a group of subjects will be divided up into guards and prisoners and locked up together for 14 days. Arriving at the 'prison', Tarek is assigned the role of prisoner, and by the end of the first day has already run into trouble with the guards. Over the coming days, the tensions between the two sides grows ever stronger and eventually results in a situation of open conflict.

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• Language ‏ : ‎ German
• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.2 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm; 78 g
• Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 5055002531293
• Director ‏ : ‎ Oliver Hirschbiegel
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 53 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ 4 May 2009
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Justus von Dohnányi, Edward Selge
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
• Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
• Studio ‏ : ‎ In 2 Film
• Producers ‏ : ‎ Ruben D. Preuss, Marc Conrad, Fritz Wildfeuer
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001V7P2WW
• Country of origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
• Writers ‏ : ‎ Mario Giordano, Christoph Darnstädt, Don Bohlinger
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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4000 Mark für zwei Wochen: Leicht verdientes Geld und ein netter Spaß noch dazu, denken die 20 Freiwilligen, die sich auf das von einer Universität ausgeschriebene Experiment einlassen. Um die Erforschung des Aggressionsverhaltens in einer künstlichen Gefängnissituation soll es gehen. Zunächst halten die Beteiligten, die per Zufallsprinzip in Gefangene und Wärter eingeteilt werden, das Ganze für ein Spiel. Doch schon bald setzt sich eine Spirale der Gewalt in Gang, und als der verantwortliche Professor für kurze Zeit nicht erreichbar ist, eskalieren die Ereignisse. Aus dem harmlosen Spiel wird ein erbitterter Kampf auf Leben und Tod...

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• Seitenverhältnis ‏ : ‎ 16:9 - 1.85:1, 16:9 - 1.77:1
• Alterseinstufung ‏ : ‎ Freigegeben ab 16 Jahren
• Verpackungsabmessungen ‏ : ‎ 18,03 x 13,76 x 1,48 cm; 83 Gramm
• Regisseur ‏ : ‎ Hirschbiegel, Oliver
• Laufzeit ‏ : ‎ 1 Stunde und 54 Minuten
• Erscheinungstermin ‏ : ‎ 7. August 2009
• Darsteller ‏ : ‎ Bleibtreu, Moritz, Berkel, Christian, Selge, Edgar, Sawatzki, Andrea, Eggert, Maren
• Sprache, ‏ : ‎ Deutsch (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Universum Film GmbH
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001CV0K1A
• Anzahl Disks ‏ : ‎ 1
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Das Experiment

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• 1 hr 59 mins
• Drama, Suspense

Disturbing fact-based study of a psychological exercise in which college students are hired to act as guards and prisoners. Moritz Bleibtreu stars as a journalist who infiltrates the project and watches as it deteriorates into chaos. Mario Giordano, upon whose novel, Black Box, the film is based, co-wrote the screenplay.

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