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Das Experiment Reviews

2001

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A drama based on a real experiment carried out in Palo Alto, California where a group of scientists gathered 20 people and had them carry out a psychological experiment for a cash reward. As part of the research project, the recruits were divided up into prisoners and guards. In a controlled penitentiary-like environment, ".. Read more

Starring	Friedrich Wildfever, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski
Director	Oliver Hirschbiegel
Genres	Thriller, World Cinema

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- Taking its inspiration from an experiment conducted at Stanford University in the early 70s, which showed that power corrupted, this merely exploits the opportunity for action-movie violence.
- 31826
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  A Fascinating and Disturbing Film
  
  Based on a real psychological experiment at Stanford University in 1971, using a group of male students, the mood of this film captures the sense of ... read more »
  
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  - kas30
  - Merseyside
  - 23 Feb 2004 at 23:15
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  Brilliant one you cant miss
  
  I could not fault one thing with this film.
  
  If you like movies like The Lives of Others and The Orphanage then you will love this film.
  
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- - Winstonator
  - 7 reviews
  - 17 Feb 2012 at 15:58
- - 0
  - 0
  How would you behave?
  
  Shocking film based on the Stanford Prison experiment where 'ordinary' people were asked to play the role of either prison guards or prisoners as part ... read more »
  
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- - Ferry41
  - 171 reviews
  - Oxford
  - 06 Feb 2012 at 10:56
- - 0
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  Descent into savagery
  
  This film is based on a true story. Volunteers were asked to take part in a psychological experiment, playing the parts of prisoners and guards. Gradually they ... read more »
  
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- - insomniac
  - 59 reviews
  - Malvern
  - 03 Jan 2012 at 16:46
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  Hidden gem
  
  I was introduced to Das Experiment through a recommendation in a book of essential cult movies. The story revolves around a group of men participating in a ... read more »
  
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- 1058652
- - andrew hansen
  - Cardiff
  - 04 Nov 2011 at 12:54
- - 1
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  Good but went too far
  
  Based on the Stanford Prison experiment of 1971 this film is good but not as good as I hoped.
  
  It went right over the top, which I don't mind, but... read more »
  
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- - Exile_WCB
  - 4 reviews
  - 09 Oct 2011 at 01:09
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  proof that absolute power corrupts absolutely
  
  A dramatization of actual events, but ultimately a very absorbing film.
  
  It's dark, it gets you thinking and drives home that old proverb '... read more »
  
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- - DirtyIngenue
  - 24 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Jul 2011 at 17:47
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  a bit over the top
  
  Watchable, but a bit of a sensationalised version of real life events which would be just as scary without all the exaggeration.
  
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- - a customer
  - 12 Jun 2011 at 21:47
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  worth a whatch
  
  good film its not grim at all nothing that bad. really grew a hate for the officers espcially the small blond haird prick
  
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- - lightningphil
  - 17 reviews
  - Hereford
  - 07 May 2011 at 23:27
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  Uniforms make people crazy
  
  kinda thought it wasn't going to be that great during the first half - pretty standard interpretation of stanford prison experiment with shades of milgram ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - london
  - 25 Jan 2011 at 13:13
- - 2
  - 0
  Well acted but rather grim
  
  A well produced and acted film loosely based on a real life psychological experiment that went wrong. Recommended - but quite grim viewing.
  
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- - a customer
  - Portsmouth, UK
  - 12 Jan 2011 at 11:23
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- - 47
  - 1
  A Fascinating and Disturbing Film
  
  Based on a real psychological experiment at Stanford University in 1971, using a group of male students, the mood of this film captures the sense of ... read more »
  
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- 300145
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - kas30
  - Merseyside
  - 23 Feb 2004 at 23:15
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  A Truly Excellent Film
  
  Big Brother + Prison + Experiment = Scary
  
  I've seen some messed up films in my time from the pointless, unimpressive pathetic attempt of social ... read more »
  
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- - Mark Adams
  - Manchester, England
  - 07 Jan 2005 at 09:54
- - 14
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  Bring on the nightmares!
  
  Oh sweet jesus. This is the best film i've seen in AGES. it's just so.... unsettling. it rolls along, gathering momentum, and you've no idea just ... read more »
  
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- - trotsuk
  - 117 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 30 Jun 2005 at 12:05
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  Based on a real life experiment
  
  This German film is based upon the real life experiment at Stanford University, USA in 1971. The film closely adheres to the real events but also goes beyond ... read more »
  
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- - H. Gray
  - Scotland
  - 20 Mar 2004 at 14:37
- - 10
  - 2
  B+ for psychology 101
  
  The Stanford Prison Experiments of 1971 provide a pretty compelling basis for this fictionalized reconstruction. All the more so because this exploration of the... read more »
  
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- 300443
- - nicola6
  - Cambridgeshire
  - 29 Feb 2004 at 16:08
- - 13
  - 10
  What a disappointment
  
  Did I really just sit through the same film that all these other reviewers have been raving about? I find that difficult to believe, as the film I watched ... read more »
  
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- - Steve
  - St Albans, England
  - 10 Jul 2006 at 09:44
- - 8
  - 3
  Brilliantly Constructed
  
  This German film sees a group of volunteers split into two groups of Prison Gaurds and Inmates and spending two weeks playing out their vairous roles. This is ... read more »
  
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- - Viren Udeshi
  - Covenrty, UK
  - 11 Feb 2004 at 11:43
- - 8
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  Prisoner or Guard
  
  Based on the true experiment that every 1st year Psychology student has considered. The experiment where a bunch of volunteers elected to be Prison Guards and ... read more »
  
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- - traklaw
  - Strathclyde
  - 28 Dec 2003 at 23:33
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  Das Experiment
  
  This film was recomemded by a friend. The story is dynamic and the psichological profile of the characters are very interesting. It makes you question the ... read more »
  
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- 292877
- - Prego
  - England
  - 11 Oct 2003 at 00:56
- - 5
  - 1
  Not up to par
  
  Couldn`t even watch to the end . If watching grown men crying whilst cleaning toilets naked is your bag then you`ve found your muse .Not impressed.
  
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- - a customer
  - pluto
  - 26 Jun 2006 at 21:24

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  A drama based on a real experiment carried out in Palo Alto, California where a group of scientists gathered 20 people and had them carry out a psychological experiment for a cash reward. As part of the research project, the recruits were divided up into prisoners and guards. In a controlled ...