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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   18,907 votes
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Writers:
Mario Giordano (novel)
Mario Giordano (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 March 2001 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Bist du stark genug? more
Plot:
The movie is based on the infamous "Stanford Prison Experiment" conducted in 1971. A makeshift prison is set up in a research lab... more | add synopsis
Awards:
13 wins & 15 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(25 articles)
Clifton Collins Jr. Joins Cast of The Experiment
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A true experience more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Moritz Bleibtreu ... Tarek Fahd - Häftling Nr. 77 / Prisoner #77

Christian Berkel ... Steinhoff - Häftling Nr. 38 / Prisoner #38
Oliver Stokowski ... Schütte - Häftling Nr. 82 / Prisoner #82
Wotan Wilke Möhring ... Joe - Häftling Nr. 69 / Prisoner #69
Stephan Szasz ... Häftling Nr. 53 / Prisoner #53
Polat Dal ... Häftling Nr. 40 / Prisoner #40

Danny Richter ... Häftling Nr. 21 / Prisoner #21
Ralf Müller ... Häftling Nr. 15 / Prisoner #15
Markus Rudolf ... Häftling Nr. 74 / Prisoner #74
Peter Fieseler ... Häftling Nr. 11 / Prisoner #11
Thorsten Dersch ... Häftling Nr. 86 / Prisoner #86 (as Thorsten J.H. Dersch)
Sven Grefer ... Häftling Nr. 94 / Prisoner #94
Justus von Dohnanyi ... Berus - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard (as Justus von Dohnànyi)
Nicki von Tempelhoff ... Kamps - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard
Timo Dierkes ... Eckert - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Box (Germany) (working title)
The Experiment (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, disturbing situations, language, sexuality and nudity.
Runtime:
Canada:114 min (DVD) | South Korea:109 min (cut version) | Germany:120 min (uncut version)
Country:
Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Fanes Film more

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Trivia:
Oliver Stokowski (Schütte) is actually claustrophobic. In an early scene where the prisoners are crammed into the elevator, a hint of his genuine uneasiness is visible. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Tarek took one of the prisoner's milk bottles with his left hand, then he's holding it in right hand. While giving back the milk bottle, it's in his left again. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Tarek Fahd, Häftling Nr. 77: [voiceover, reading newspaper ad] Test subjects wanted. Earn 4000 marks for a 14-day experiment in a simulated prison.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Het glazen huis: Eigen agenda (#1.52)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Wouldn't It Be Nice more

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23 out of 30 people found the following comment useful:-
A true experience, 10 May 2004
9/10
Author: TheOtherFool from The Netherlands

Now this is the kind of movie Hollywood should make!

Movie about an experiment gone all out of hand, with 20 men posing to be guards and prisoners for a period of 2 weeks. We follow the events mainly through the eyes of reporter/taxidriver Tarek, a 'prisoner', who thinks there's a good story to tell.

But things go all wrong when the guards really feel like they're God and things only get worse from that moment on. There's an amazing scene with Tarek in a 'black box', that scene is as scary as I have ever seen on screen.

Surely a movie you won't forget too soon. Terrifying, exciting, horrific, brilliant!

9/10.

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