The Experiment

2001 • 2h 0m •

Drama Thriller

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★ 7.4/10

1,263 reviews

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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.

"You are invited to participate"

Top Billed Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu

Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77

Christian Berkel

Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

Justus von Dohnányi

Berus

Maren Eggert

Dora

Edgar Selge

Professor Dr. Klaus Thon

Andrea Sawatzki

Dr. Jutta Grimm

Oliver Stokowski

Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic

2019-06-04

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...