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.

Cast & crew

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Director

Moritz Bleibtreu

Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77

Christian Berkel

Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

Justus von Dohnányi

Berus

Maren Eggert

Dora

Edgar Selge

Professor Dr. Klaus Thon

Andrea Sawatzki

Dr. Jutta Grimm

Oliver Stokowski

Günther Schütte, Prisoner Nr. 82

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Joe Maier, Prisoner Nr. 69

Nicki von Tempelhoff

Kamps

Timo Dierkes

Eckert

Antoine Monot Jr.

Bosch

Lars Gärtner

Renzel

Philipp Hochmair

Lars

Peter Fieseler

Prisoner Nr. 11

R

Ralf Müller

Prisoner Nr. 15

D

Danny Richter

Prisoner Nr. 21

P

Polat Dal

Prisoner Nr. 40

Stephan Szasz

Prisoner Nr. 53

M

Markus Rudolf

Prisoner Nr. 74

T

Thorsten Dersch

Prisoner Nr. 86