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Das Experiment (English: The Experiment) is a 2001 German drama thriller film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. It is based on Mario Giordano's novel Black Box and deals with a social experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment of 1971.
Mar 8, 2001 · A movie based on the novel Black Box, not the original experiment, that depicts the psychological effects of imprisonment and authority on 20 male participants. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and learn about the trivia and awards of this drama thriller.
- (96K)
- Drama, Thriller
- Oliver Hirschbiegel
- 2001-03-08
Oct 25, 2002 · A movie based on a novel inspired by the Stanford Prison Experiment, where 20 volunteers are divided into guards and prisoners for two weeks. Roger Ebert analyzes the psychological effects of uniforms, roles and leadership, and compares the film to the Holocaust.
Das Experiment is a German thriller based on a real Stanford experiment that went wrong. It explores the dark side of human nature and the ethical dilemmas of social science.
Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence — a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted prematurely when the experimenters lost control.
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- Oliver Hirschbiegel
- R
- 120 min
In need of extra cash, the part-time taxi driver, Tarek Fahd, volunteers to take part in a controversial social experiment which aims at faithfully reconstructing the psychology of prison life.
Das Experiment is a film about a psychological experiment that went wrong and turned violent. It is inspired by a real event that happened in 1971 at Stanford University, where prisoners and guards were randomly assigned roles and observed by researchers.
