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Actors: Moritz Bleibtreu, Edgar Selge, Maren Eggert, Andrea Sawatzki, Christian Berkel
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Das Experiment |
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Tarek is a cab driver and former journalist with a degree in philosophy. When he sees an ad in the paper looking for participants for an identified experiment that pays a decent bit of cash, he decides to go for it. When he attends orientation he finds out that the experiment involves half the participants being assigned as prisoners and half as prison guards. For two weeks the participants will live in a mock prison setting and have their behavior analyzed. Tarek agrees to the conditions--that he will surrender his human rights in order to participate.
Tarek thinks the experience will make a great story for his father's paper (where he used to work.) His father, although clearly expressing animosity towards Tarek, offers to pay Tarek for the story. Tarek invest in some eyeglasses with a spy cam in them, so he can secretely record footage of the experiment. The night before the experiment Tarek gets into a car crash with a beautiful woman who is on her way back from he father's funeral. The two spend the night talking, relating, and making love.
In the morning Tarek reports to the laboratory and the women doesn't know where he's gone. Later she finds out when she lets herself into his apartment and reads his mail.
During the experiment the participants playing guards get drunk with power. They beat and kill a good natured kiosk owner whom Tarek had a soft spot for.
Throughout the film Tarek rebels by sassing the prison guards and resisting cooperation. One guard in particular become his arch rival, and the two enemeies engage in a bloody battle until the end when Tarek and the other prisoners escape.
--Jennifer, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Das Experiment |
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Plot
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- abuse in prison story
Escape/Rescue?
- escape/rescue from prison/confinement
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- slaver
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- German
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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