The Experiment

The Experiment

Overview

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.

Ratings

IMDb 7.7
TMDB 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes 72
Metacritic 59

Details

Cast Christian Berkel, Danny Richter, Markus Rudolf, Moritz Bleibtreu, Oliver Stokowski, Peter Fieseler, Polat Dal, Ralf Müller, Stephan Szasz, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Genre Drama, Thriller
Country Germany
Release Year 2001
Runtime: 2h
Budget: 11,599,775 USD
Release Date: 2001-03-08
Awards: Awards, 14 wins & 14 nominations total
Tagline: You are invited to participate