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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2002) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2002 · 29 mins · English
- Directed by
- Kim Duke
- Starring
- David Suchet, Philip Zimbardo
In 1971, Professor Philip Zimbardo staged a psychological experiment where college students played prisoners and guards to investigate good and evil. Within five days, four prisoners broke down and another began a hunger strike, forcing the study to end after less than a week. The film, with strong language, dramatizes these events and explains why the test was terminated.
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