| Das Experiment | |
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| Directed by | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Written by | Mario Giordano Don Bohlinger Christoper Darnstädt |
| Based on | Black Box by Mario Giordano |
| Produced by | Marc Conrad Norbert Preuss Friedrich Wildfeuer |
| Starring | Moritz Bleibtreu Justus von Dohnányi Christian Berkel Oliver Stokowski Andrea Sawatzki |
| Cinematography | Rainer Klausmann |
| Edited by | Hans Funck |
| Music by | Alexander Bubenheim |
Production companies | Fanes Film Senator Film Produktion Seven Pictures Typhoon |
| Distributed by | Senator Film |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Box office | US$11.6 million[1] |
Das Experiment (English: The Experiment) is a 2001 German drama thriller film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. It is based on Mario Giordano's novel Black Box and deals with a social experiment which resembles Philip Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment of 1971.