Das experiment [videorecording] /
director, Oliver Hirschbiegel; producer, Ruben D. Preuss; producer, Marc Conrad; producer, Fritz Wildfeuer; writer, Mario Giordano; writer, Christoph Darnstädt; writer, Don Bohlinger.
- Metrodome Distribution, 2003.
- 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd, col.
- 015300
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Disc format DVD 5 single layer, Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.85 (17:9) Theatrical widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (German), Sound (Dolby Digital 2.0), Subtitles (English), Bonus footage, Trailers. Made in 2001. Credits: music, Alexander Bubenheim. DVDW. Dolby Digital.
Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Justus von Dohnányi, Edward Selge, Maren Eggert, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Stephan Szasz, Polat Dal, Danny Richter, Andrea Sawatzki.
Intense German thriller inspired by the famous Stanford University prison experiment. Taxi driver Tarek (Moritz Bleibtrau) volunteers for an experiment in which a group of subjects will be divided up into guards and prisoners and locked up together for 14 days. Arriving at the 'prison', Tarek is assigned the role of prisoner, and by the end of the first day has already run into trouble with the guards. Over the coming days, the tensions between the two sides grows ever stronger and eventually results in a situation of open conflict.