DramaThriller

The Experiment

- You are invited to participate

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.

Release Date : 2001-03-08

Language :German

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fanes FilmTyphoon FilmSenator FilmSeven Pictures

Production Country : Germany

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77

Original Name : Moritz Bleibtreu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

Original Name : Christian Berkel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Berus

Original Name : Justus von Dohnányi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dora

Original Name : Maren Eggert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor Dr. Klaus Thon

Original Name : Edgar Selge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Jutta Grimm

Original Name : Andrea Sawatzki

Gender : Female

Character Name : Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82

Original Name : Oliver Stokowski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69

Original Name : Wotan Wilke Möhring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kamps

Original Name : Nicki von Tempelhoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eckert

Original Name : Timo Dierkes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bosch

Original Name : Antoine Monot Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Renzel

Original Name : Lars Gärtner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lars

Original Name : Philipp Hochmair

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 11

Original Name : Peter Fieseler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 15

Original Name : Ralf Müller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 21

Original Name : Danny Richter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 40

Original Name : Polat Dal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 53

Original Name : Stephan Szasz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 74

Original Name : Markus Rudolf

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 86

Original Name : Thorsten Dersch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prisoner Nr. 94

Original Name : Sven Grefer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gläser

Original Name : Jacek Klimontko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stock

Original Name : Markus Klauk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amandy

Original Name : Ralph Püttmann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ziegler

Original Name : André Jung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hans

Original Name : Uwe Rohde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dennis (voice)

Original Name : Heiner Lauterbach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cab Driver (voice)

Original Name : Fatih Akin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newscaster (voice)

Original Name : Christiane Gerboth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Assistant

Original Name : Tristan Vostry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistant

Original Name : Klaus Spinnler

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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