The Experiment

2001 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 97,499 VOTES · DIR. Oliver Hirschbiegel

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Overview

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.

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Dialogue Timeline — 892 lines

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00:00:41 Subjects wanted!
00:05:06 I'm just asking, because it says here also that you have studied philosophy, architecture and sociology.
00:09:40 Shit, shit, shit!
00:14:04 Violence must not be used! Whoever gets violent...
00:17:45 Stand in a row on the marker line!
00:20:46 Downstairs and to the right!
00:25:08 Is there a problem?
00:28:15 And another twenty for that!
00:32:13 Jutta, quickly!
00:36:18 They do want some action down here!
00:42:33 Not a new one. l know a dealer, he likes me.
00:45:46 Steinhoff, Air Force, Major.
00:49:27 At some point...
00:54:58 Yes, Mr Prison Guard.
00:59:31 I reject any escalation. - But you forgot one thing:
01:04:34 He acted his role. But I don't approve of the accident.
01:09:04 Did you see that on video?
01:12:03 Yes, 77?
01:15:18 Yes, Mr Prison Guard.
01:20:31 Yeah...
01:24:56 Dora was worried about you, 77.
01:32:18 Quickly, my car!
01:40:39 To the left!
04:00:00 for a 14 day during experiment.

Cast & Characters

Moritz Bleibtreu Tarek Fahd Nr. 77 Christian Berkel Robert Steinhoff Nr. 38 Oliver Stokowski Günther Schütte Nr. 82 Wotan Wilke Möhring Joe Maier Nr. 69 Stephan Szasz Häftling Nr. 53 Polat Dal Häftling Nr. 40 Danny Richter Häftling Nr. 21 Ralf Müller Häftling Nr. 15 Markus Rudolf Häftling Nr. 74 Peter Fieseler Häftling Nr. 11

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed892
Dialogue density7.4 lines / min
First line00:00:41
Final line04:00:00

Production Record

DirectorOliver Hirschbiegel
LanguageGerman
Revenue$13,782,896
IMDb votes97,499