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20151h 37mPG-13English

Experimenter

Illusion sets the stage. Deception reveals the truth.

6.5
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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.

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DirectorMichael Almereyda

Keywords

experimentpsychologycontroversybiographybreaking the fourth wall
Box Office$224K

Cast

Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram

Peter Sarsgaard

Stanley Milgram

Winona Ryder as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

Winona Ryder

Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

Jim Gaffigan as James McDonough

Jim Gaffigan

James McDonough

Edoardo Ballerini as Paul Hollander

Edoardo Ballerini

Paul Hollander

John Palladino as John Williams

John Palladino

John Williams

Kellan Lutz as William Shatner

Kellan Lutz

William Shatner

Dennis Haysbert as Ossie Davis

Dennis Haysbert

Ossie Davis

Danny A. Abeckaser as Braverman

Danny A. Abeckaser

Braverman

Taryn Manning as Mrs. Lowe

Taryn Manning

Mrs. Lowe

Anthony Edwards as Miller

Anthony Edwards

Miller