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.

• DirectorOliver Hirschbiegel
• Release8 March 2001
• Genre
  Drama / Thriller
• Duration2h
• Budget?
• Revenue$13,782,896
• Rate
  

  7.414
  1126 reviews
• Productions

  Fanes Film, Typhoon Film, Senator Film, Seven Pictures