Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story

Name: Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 4.4
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Anthony Edwards, Kellan Lutz

2015

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Title: Experimenter: the Stanley Milgram Story

Original Title: Experimenter

Year: 2015

Info

Country: USA
Length: 98 Minutes (1 hour 38 min)
Genre: Biography Drama History
Distributor: La Aventura Audiovisual
Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)

Release Dates

United States: October 16 2015

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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

Stanley Milgram

Winona Ryder

Alexandra 'Sasha' Milgram

James McDonough

Miller

William Shatner

Mrs. Lowe

Rensaleer

Videos

2:10

'Experimenter' Trailer

July 26 2015

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Experimenter: la historia de Stanley Milgram

Experiment: la historia de Stanley Milgram

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.