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
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
Ralf Müller
Prisoner Nr. 15
Danny Richter
Prisoner Nr. 21
Polat Dal
Prisoner Nr. 40
Stephan Szasz
Prisoner Nr. 53
Markus Rudolf
Prisoner Nr. 74
Thorsten Dersch
Prisoner Nr. 86
Sven Grefer
Prisoner Nr. 94
Jacek Klimontko
Gläser
Markus Klauk
Stock
Ralph Püttmann
Amandy
André Jung
Ziegler
Uwe Rohde
Hans
Heiner Lauterbach
Dennis (voice)
Fatih Akin
Cab Driver (voice)
Christiane Gerboth
Newscaster (voice)
Tristan Vostry
Assistant
Klaus Spinnler
Assistant
Crew
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Director
Mario Giordano
Writer, Novel
Don Bohlinger
Writer
Christoph Darnstädt
Writer
Hans Funck
Editor
Nicholas Goodwin
Assistant Editor
Rainer Klausmann
Director of Photography
Ulrike Hampeter
Second Assistant Director
Isabel Kleefeld
Assistant Director
Oliver Wißmann
Production Coordinator
Ariane Thiede
Production Coordinator
Marc Conrad
Producer
Friedrich Wildfeuer
Producer
Norbert Preuss
Producer
Ulrike Leibfried
Producer
Benjamin Herrmann
Co-Producer
Philip Evenkamp
Line Producer
Tristan Vostry
Production Trainee
Andrea Kessler
Production Design
Moritz Bleibtreu
Camera Operator
Jens Piotrowski
Assistant Camera
Stefan Biebl
Additional Camera
Ralf M. Mendle
Additional Camera
An Dorthe Braker
Casting
Tanja Schwichtenberg
Extras Casting
Claudia Bobsin
Costume Designer
Ursula Münstermann
Assistant Costume Designer
Martina Jeddicke
Wardrobe Master
Mary May
Makeup Artist
Sylvia Reusch
Makeup Artist
Magda Habernickel
Supervising Sound Editor
Christof Ebhardt
Sound Editor, Sound Effects
Annette Prey
Sound Editor, Sound Effects
Marcel Spisak
Sound Editor, Sound Effects
Alexandre Frank
Sound Supervisor
Max Rammler-Rogall
Sound Mixer, Musician
Frank Lehner
Sound Assistant
Wolfgang Wirtz
Sound
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard
Foley Editor
Jörn Poetzl
Foley
Jürgen Tomadini
Lighting Technician
Udo Heinz
Lighting Technician
Roland Scheidt
Additional Lighting Technician
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
Special Effects
Jürgen Schopper
Visual Effects Supervisor
Angela Reedwisch
Visual Effects Producer
Alexander Bubenheim
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Olaf Mierau
Music Supervisor
Georg Naschke
Music Coordinator
Hanno Simons
Musician
Tommy Eberhardt
Musician
Alex Klier
Musician
Wolfgang Lechenmayr
Music Editor
Marika Dornbusch
Production Accountant
Christl Druxeis
Production Accountant
Bettina Flasdick
Assistant Accountant
Monika Gussner
Dialogue Editor
Uwe Brauer
Painter
Fee Kolb
Painter
Jo Teh
Painter
Thorsten Sabel
Set Dresser
Katja Schlömer
Set Dresser
Daniel Peeck
Construction Coordinator
Uli Langenberg
Construction Manager
Bernd Spauke
Still Photographer
Uwe Fuchs
Electrician
Dieter Schmidt
Carpenter
Lenny Lehmann
Carpenter
Oliver Koch
Carpenter
Uwe Belke
Carpenter
Markus Baum
Carpenter
Doriano Quintavalle
Carpenter
Marcel Winterscheidt
Production Driver
Diana Schwieger
Production Driver
Jochen Behle
Production Driver
Ricky Stecker
Driver
Frank Meter
Location Scout
Otto Kieper
Business Affairs Coordinator
Ernst Reimann
Stunts
Randy Wittur
Stunts
Stefan Isfort
Property Master
Dagmar Wessel
Property Master
Heike Manzke
Continuity
Kai Koch
Assistant Production Design
Christa Garmeier
Negative Cutter
Bernd Mayer
Grip
Ingo Hilden
Assistant Grip
Peter Krammer
Gaffer
Klaus Spinnler
Production Manager
Christoph Steeger
Modeling
Michael Otto
Title Designer
Hermann Koenen
Catering
Maria Sobecki-Grimm
Catering
Alexander Dominitzki
Unit Manager
Stephan Bechem
Unit Manager
Christian Zeh
Digital Compositor
Marian Mavrovic
Digital Compositor
Jochem Strate
Legal Services
Uli Hanisch
Art Direction
Alfred Holighaus
Thanks
Helmut Dietl
Thanks
Stefan Gärtner
Thanks
Dirk Blothner
Thanks
Oliver Castendyk
Thanks
Oliver Schütte
Thanks
Béla Jarzyk
Thanks
Mechthild Holter
Thanks
Sigrid Narjes
Thanks
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