Released:
2001-03-08

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.

Director:
Oliver Hirschbiegel

Runtime:
2h 0min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Moritz Bleibtreu
  as
  Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77
• 
  Christian Berkel
  as
  Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
• 
  Justus von Dohnányi
  as
  Berus
• 
  Maren Eggert
  as
  Dora
• 
  Edgar Selge
  as
  Professor Dr. Klaus Thon