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Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+12)
Critics 66Audiences 78GoodWatch 71
Tomatometer72%
Metascore59
Audience score88%
IMDb7.7
Letterboxd · 30 K ratings3.7/5
User score7.1
Running time
2 h
A typical length for dramas, +11 min on the typical 109
typical 109120Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2001
March 8, 2001
25 years ago
Genres
DramaThrillerLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 16 more31 people
- Moritz BleibtreuTarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77
- Christian BerkelRobert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
- Justus von DohnányiBerus
- Maren EggertDora
- Edgar SelgeProfessor Dr. Klaus Thon
- Andrea SawatzkiDr. Jutta Grimm
- Oliver StokowskiGünther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82
- Wotan Wilke MöhringJoe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69
Nicki von TempelhoffKamps
Timo DierkesEckert
Antoine Monot Jr.Bosch
Lars GärtnerRenzel
Philipp HochmairLars
Peter FieselerPrisoner Nr. 11- RMRalf MüllerPrisoner Nr. 15
- DRDanny RichterPrisoner Nr. 21
- PDPolat DalPrisoner Nr. 40
Stephan SzaszPrisoner Nr. 53- MRMarkus RudolfPrisoner Nr. 74
- TDThorsten DerschPrisoner Nr. 86
- SGSven GreferPrisoner Nr. 94
- JKJacek KlimontkoGläser
- MKMarkus KlaukStock
- RPRalph PüttmannAmandy
Directing · 4
- Oliver Hirschbiegel Director
- Ulrike Hampeter Second Assistant Director
- Isabel Kleefeld Assistant Director
- Heike Manzke Continuity
Writing · 3
- Don Bohlinger Writer
- Mario Giordano Novel, Writer
- Christoph Darnstädt Writer
Production · 21
- Marc Conrad Producer
- Friedrich Wildfeuer Producer
- Norbert Preuss Producer
- Ulrike Leibfried Producer
- An Dorthe Braker Casting
- Benjamin Herrmann Co-Producer
Camera · 8
- Rainer Klausmann Director of Photography
- Moritz Bleibtreu Camera Operator
- Jens Piotrowski Assistant Camera
- Ralf M. Mendle Additional Camera
- Bernd Spauke Still Photographer
- Bernd Mayer Grip
Editing · 3
- Hans Funck Editor
- Christa Garmeier Negative Cutter
- Nicholas Goodwin Assistant Editor
Sound · 18
- Alexander Bubenheim Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- Magda Habernickel Supervising Sound Editor
- Max Rammler-Rogall Sound Mixer, Musician
- Wolfgang Wirtz Sound
- Jörn Poetzl Foley
- Alexandre Frank Sound Supervisor
Art · 13
- Andrea Kessler Production Design
- Uli Hanisch Art Direction
- Kai Koch Assistant Production Design
- Katja Schlömer Set Dresser
- Uli Langenberg Construction Manager
- Michael Otto Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Mary May Makeup Artist
- Claudia Bobsin Costume Designer
- Ursula Münstermann Assistant Costume Designer
- Sylvia Reusch Makeup Artist
- Martina Jeddicke Wardrobe Master
Visual Effects · 5
- Jürgen Schopper Visual Effects Supervisor
- Christoph Steeger Modeling
- Angela Reedwisch Visual Effects Producer
- Marian Mavrovic Digital Compositor
- Christian Zeh Digital Compositor
Lighting · 5
- Udo Heinz Lighting Technician
- Uwe Fuchs Electrician
- Peter Krammer Gaffer
- Roland Scheidt Additional Lighting Technician
- Jürgen Tomadini Lighting Technician
Other crew · 23
- Béla Jarzyk Thanks
- Ernst Reimann Stunts
- Helmut Dietl Thanks
- Stefan Gärtner Thanks
- Mechthild Holter Thanks
- Doriano Quintavalle Carpenter
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