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It began as a game in the name of science. Twenty men (eight 'guards' and twelve 'prisoners') in an intense two week investigation into aggressive behaviour in a simulated prison environment. It soon became a quest to survive...
Based on a real life psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's debut feature is a resonant, hard-hitting look at the abuse of power and the corruption of authority. Masterfully shot with the use of hidden cameras, the film builds to a bloody and thrilling climax. Nominated as the German contender for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Das Experiment features a no holds barred performance by Moritz Bleibtreu as Tarek, a heroic undercover journalist who stands up against the brutalities inflicted by the would-be guards.
Average rating (6 reviews)
a top quality flim, a must-see
therev666 | 16/02/2009 | See all therev666's reviews (4) »
A top quality film from the director 'Downfall'. This film is scary, suspensful, brilliantly acted and brilliantly directed. There are so many great scenes in this, the scene with the near rape whilst Tarek is fighting his way out of the black box for me is the best scene in the whole film, The only downer on the film for me is the 80s-ish soundtrack, but when the rest of the film damn near perfect this seems really nitpickyy. The film has Nazi over-tones and must have been controversial for this reason back in Germany. I can not recommend this film high enough. Buy ! Buy ! Buy !
superb
MintSW | 01/02/2009 | See all MintSW's reviews (6) »
What a great find this was. Fascinating movie, well acted and directed. Would recommend this to anyone, well worth the watch.
Give it a chance
aidanmcc | 09/01/2009 | See all aidanmcc's reviews (9) »
We are brain washed with feel good American tripe, give this a chance, a cracking slow burner with great performances from the 2 main leads.
Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Ralf Muller & Markus Rudolf | |
18 years and over | |
2001 | |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic | |
German - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo | |
English | |
1 hour and 55 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
