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Das Experiment Reviews

2001 Certificate 18
  • 70
  • from 6622 members

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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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

      • 17
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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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    • Rated - 3.0 stars  

      • 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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    • Rated - 1.0 star  

      • 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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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

      • 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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    • Rated - 2.0 stars  

      • 8
      • 3

      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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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

      • 6
      • 2

      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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    • Rated - 3.0 stars  

      • 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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    • Das Experiment
      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 ...

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