Germany / Mar 07, 2001 / Berlin
You are invited to participate
2h 0min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Wotan Wilke Möhring | Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69 |
| Nicki von Tempelhoff | Kamps |
| Timo Dierkes | Eckert |
| Antoine Monot Jr. | Bosch |
| Lars Gärtner | Renzel |
| Philipp Hochmair | Lars |
| Peter Fieseler | Prisoner Nr. 11 |
| Ralf Müller | Prisoner Nr. 15 |
| Danny Richter | Prisoner Nr. 21 |
| Polat Dal | Prisoner Nr. 40 |
| Stephan Szasz | Prisoner Nr. 53 |
| Markus Rudolf | Prisoner Nr. 74 |
| Thorsten Dersch | Prisoner Nr. 86 |
| Sven Grefer | Prisoner Nr. 94 |
| Jacek Klimontko | Gläser |
| Markus Klauk | Stock |
| Ralph Püttmann | Amandy |
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| André Jung | Ziegler |
| Uwe Rohde | Hans |
| Heiner Lauterbach | Dennis (voice) |
| Fatih Akin | Cab Driver (voice) |
| Christiane Gerboth | Newscaster (voice) |
| Tristan Vostry | Assistant |
| Klaus Spinnler | Assistant |
Genres
DramaThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Das Experiment |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Fanes Film, Typhoon Film, Senator Film, Seven Pictures |
| Release date | 8 marzo 2001 |
| Production | Marc Conrad, Friedrich Wildfeuer, Norbert Preuss, Ulrike Leibfried, Philip Evenkamp, Benjamin Herrmann |
| Writer | Mario Giordano, Don Bohlinger, Christoph Darnstädt |
| Casting | An Dorthe Braker |
| Editing | Hans Funck, Nicholas Goodwin, Christa Garmeier |
| Cinematography | Rainer Klausmann, Stefan Biebl, Jens Piotrowski, Ralf M. Mendle, Ingo Hilden, Bernd Mayer, Bernd Spauke, Moritz Bleibtreu |
| Assistant directors | Isabel Kleefeld, Ulrike Hampeter, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Heike Manzke |
| Lighting | Peter Krammer, Jürgen Tomadini, Udo Heinz, Roland Scheidt, Uwe Fuchs |
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Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Germany / Mar 08, 2001 / 16
United States / Mar 08, 2001
Switzerland / May 17, 2001
Norway / Oct 19, 2001
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Belgium / Nov 07, 2001
United Kingdom / Mar 22, 2002
Netherlands / Jun 06, 2002 / 16
Italy / Aug 23, 2002 / VM14
Hungary / Oct 10, 2002 / 18
Czechia / Apr 03, 2003 / 15+
Physical media
Germany / Oct 18, 2001 / 16 / VHS & DVD
Netherlands / Jul 23, 2009 / 16 / DVD
TV
Germany / Oct 30, 2003 / 12 / ProSieben
Netherlands / May 11, 2005 / 16 / RTL 5
Czechia / Jun 16, 2010
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