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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
- 190 User reviews
- 109 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"
- Connections Featured in Visionado obligado: El experimento (2012)
- Soundtracks One Step Closer Chester Bennington / Rob Bourdon / Brad Delson / Joseph Hahn / Mike Shinoda Linkin Park Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Zomba Enterprises Inc. / Zomba Songs Inc. / Rob Bourdon Music Nondisclosure Agreement Music/Big Bad Mr.Hahn Music / Kenji Kobayashi Music (all adm. by Zomba Songs Inc.) und der Wea Records, ein Geschaftsbereich von Warner Music Germany GmbH
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- Nov 28, 2004
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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
- Runtime 2 hours
- Dolby Digital
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A psychodrama based on the true story of a group of scientists who organized 20 people to carry out a psychological experiment for a cash reward. The chosen individuals are made to play...
The Experiment: Directed by Paul T. Scheuring. With Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr.. 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Oscar® winners Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker star in this shocking psychological thriller about twenty-four men who are pushed to the brink of madness when an experiment simulating life within a state prison spins horribly out of control.
The Experiment 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control. IMDb 6.4 1 h 36 min 2010 18+
The Experiment: Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. With Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring. For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison.
Unemployed Travis (Adrien Brody) enrolls in a psychological role-playing experiment, where participants assume the identities of inmates and prison guards in an empty jail, with the promise of a...
The Experiment is a 2010 American drama thriller film directed by Paul T. Scheuring [1] and starring Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet, Clifton Collins Jr., and Maggie Grace, [2] about an experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment in 1971.
The story: a bunch of people are interviewed, and 24 are selected to participate in a social experiment: they are to be coached out to a camera-ed up detention centre, where eight will be selected to play the role of prison guards while the remaining sixteen will adopt... read the rest.
Polemik yaratmak niyetinde değilim ama bu film 1971'yılında Stanford üniversitesindeki psikolojisi öğrencilerinin mahkum olarak katıldıkları gerçek bir deney olan "Stanford Prison Experiment"den yola çıkılarak yazılmıştır.Üniversitenin psikoloji bölümü hocalarından Philip Zimbardo Stanford, altıncı günün sonunda deneklerin kontrolden çıkması sonucu deneyi bitirmek ...
#deney #theexperiment #gerilim #dram #korku #filmizleÖzet2001 tarihli Alman yapımı Deney (Das Experiment) filmine Amerika'nın 2010 yılındaki yorumu diyebilec...