The Experiment
“You are invited to participate”
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.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Fanes Film
Language
de
Status
Released
How The Experiment performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$13.8M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77
Moritz Bleibtreu
Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77
Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Christian Berkel
Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Berus
Justus von Dohnányi
Berus
Dora
Maren Eggert
Dora
Professor Dr. Klaus Thon
Edgar Selge
Professor Dr. Klaus Thon
Dr. Jutta Grimm
Andrea Sawatzki
Dr. Jutta Grimm
Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82
Oliver Stokowski
Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82
Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69
Wotan Wilke Möhring
Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69
Kamps
Nicki von Tempelhoff
Kamps
Eckert
Timo Dierkes
Eckert
Bosch
Antoine Monot Jr.
Bosch
Renzel
Lars Gärtner
Renzel
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