The Experiment

Tarek Fahd - Häftling Nr. 77 / Prisoner #77

Robert Steinhoff Nr. 38

Günther Schütte Nr. 82

Joe Maier Nr. 69

Häftling Nr. 53

Häftling Nr. 40

Häftling Nr. 21

Häftling Nr. 15

Häftling Nr. 74

Häftling Nr. 11

Häftling Nr. 86 (as Thorsten J.H. Dersch)

Häftling Nr. 94

Berus - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard (as Justus von Dohnànyi)

Kamps - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard

Eckert - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard

Bosch - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard

Renzel - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard

Gläser - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard

Stock - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard

Amandy - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard

Professor Dr. Klaus Thon - Wissenschaftler / Scientist

Dr. Jutta Grimm - Wissenschaftler / Scientist

Die Wissenschaftler - Lars

Assistent / Assistant

Assistent / Assistant

Dora

Ziegler

Hans

Dennis (voice)

Taxifahrer (voice)

Nachrichtensprecherin (voice)

(at around 15 mins) Oliver Stokowski (Schütte) is actually claustrophobic. In an early scene where the prisoners are crammed into the elevator, a hint of his genuine uneasiness is visible.

Although no one died in the Stanford Prison Experiment on which the movie was based, the experiment was prematurely ended after six days out of a planned two weeks. The college students assigned (randomly) to be prisoners were "withdrawing and behaving in pathological ways" as a result of the degrading treatment they received. Quite a few scenes in the movie actually happened in the original experiment, including the early fire extinguisher scene and the prisoners being forced to clean the toilets by their bare hands.

Christian Berkel originally auditioned for the part of Schütte but was then cast as Steinhoff.

At the end of the movie the Elvis Presley imitator gets knocked down and attached to a prison cell with handcuffs. But after that he suddenly is on the loose.

After the car crash in the beginning of the film, the right rear of the taxi has been damaged, including the rear light. When Tarek drives Dora to his place, it's just the other way around.

On the film poster Tarek is wearing number 82, but in the film he is number 77.

Berus - Strafvollzugsbeamter: Are you a faggot, Nr. 82?

Nachrichtensprecher: [voiceover - spoiler] The tragic outcome: two dead, three injured, among them project leader Professor Klaus Thon. Clearly, the experiment went out of control after two days. The district attorney is investigating two possible manslaughter charges and several charges of abuse and negligence. One of the test participants has been arrested. The project direction will probably have to answer to a court. According to statements by one of the scientists, the escalation might have been prevented by aborting the experiment earlier.

Tarek Fahd, Häftling Nr. 77: [voiceover, reading newspaper ad] Test subjects wanted. Earn 4000 marks for a 14-day experiment in a simulated prison.