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.
At a glance
Countries
Germany
Ratings
TMDB users
7.4/10
1,208 votes
IMDb
7.7/10
Users
Critics
72%Rotten Tomatoes
59Metacritic
Rating consensus
71/100 blend
Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~71/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.
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
Nicki von Tempelhoff
Kamps
Timo Dierkes
Eckert
Antoine Monot Jr.
Bosch
Lars Gärtner
Renzel
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The Experiment (2001)
Oliver Hirschbiegel
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