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Das Experiment 2001

type: Movie

language: German

duration: 119 min

genre: drama

theme: prison

director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Score: 7 / 10

lang (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.

Plot

While reading a newspaper advertisement, taxi driver Tarek Fahd discovers an invitation to participate in an experiment, in which 4,000 German marks are offered to the participants of a simulation of a prison situation. The experiment is led by Professor Klaus Thon and his assistant, Dr. Jutta Grimm. He decides to join in.

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author	Christoph Darnstädt Donald Francis Bohlinger Mario Giordano
contentLocation	Germany
director	Oliver Hirschbiegel
editor	Hans Funck
events	aggression power psychological experiment violence
genre	drama social thriller
keywords	abuse ambush baton bloody nose bound and gagged car accident choked to death civil rights deutsche mark drink dry up duct tape engage escalate fight fire extinguisher flee force gag german mark handcuff injured lactose intolerance lock up newspaper ad nightstick obedience obey on the beach one person only way read sadist sadomasochism solitary confinement taxi driver think trap
musicBy	Alexander Bubenheim
nomination	European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director International Submission to the Academy Awards Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor
producer	Friedrich Wildfeuer Marc Conrad Norbert Preuss
productionCompany	Fanes Film Senator Film Produktion Seven Pictures Typhoon
publisher	Senator Film
recordedAt	Cologne Germany
theme	independent prison psychological thriller