Experimenter

Experimenter (2015)

Illusion sets the stage. Deception reveals the truth.

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering painful electric shocks to an affable stranger strapped into a chair in another room. Despite his pleads for mercy, the majority of subjects don’t stop the experiment, administering what they think is a near-fatal electric shock, simply because they’ve been told to do so. With Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial airing in living rooms across America, Milgram strikes a nerve in popular culture and the scientific community with his exploration into people’s tendency to comply with authority. Celebrated in some circles, he is also accused of being a deceptive, manipulative monster, but his wife Sasha stands by him through it all.

Date of release
2015-10-16
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (500)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Michael Almereyda

Casting

  • Peter Sarsgaard — Stanley Milgram
  • Winona Ryder — Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
  • Jim Gaffigan — James McDonough
  • Edoardo Ballerini — Paul Hollander
  • John Palladino — John Williams
  • Kellan Lutz — William Shatner
  • Dennis Haysbert — Ossie Davis
  • Danny A. Abeckaser — Braverman
  • Taryn Manning — Mrs. Lowe
  • Anthony Edwards — Miller
  • Lori Singer — Florence Asch
  • Josh Hamilton — Tom Shannon

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