Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story

2015
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Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
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Title: Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story

Original Title: Experimenter

Year: 2015

Info

Release Dates

  • United States: October 16 2015

Plot

Based on the famous social experiment that the psychologist Stanley Milgram did in 1961. After the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a nazi criminal that claimed must obedience in his defence, Stanley Milgram decides to do some experiments with people at the University of Yale in order to prove and go deep around the human condition. In 1961, the doctor starts proving some aspects of human behaviour that have not been discovered before. In this innovations it is the obey to will, so in this aim he will do some unconventional tests that some of his colleagues will not like it and think he is a sadist. Milgram and his wife Sasha will try to come to the end.

'Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story' was released at the Sundance Film Festival 2015.

Cast

Director:

Michael Almereyda Michael Almereyda

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Stanley Milgram

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Sasha Menkin Milgram

Kellan Lutz

Kellan Lutz

William Shatner

Taryn Manning

Taryn Manning

Mrs. Lowe

Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin

Rensaleer

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

James McDonough

Videos

'Experimenter' Trailer 2:10

'Experimenter' Trailer

July 26 2015

Photos

Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story

Trivia

Second movie about experiments

Peter Sarsgaard also appeared in 'Kinsey' (2004) which was a film about another controversial researcher in the field of human behavior.

Colleagues reunited

Reunites Peter Sarsgaard with John Leguizamo after 'Empire' (2002). Interestingly, both movies feature Peter Sarsgaard's character deceiving John Leguizamo's character in some way or another.

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