Where to watch Experimenter(2015)

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Experimenter plot summary

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.

Details

Release date

October 16, 2015

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, History

Directed by

Michael Almereyda

Country

United States

TMDB rating

6.5 / 10 · 500 votes

Experimenter trailer

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Cast

• Peter SarsgaardStanley Milgram
• Winona RyderAlexandra "Sasha" Milgram
• Jim GaffiganJames McDonough
• Edoardo BalleriniPaul Hollander
• John PalladinoJohn Williams
• Kellan LutzWilliam Shatner
• Dennis HaysbertOssie Davis
• Danny A. AbeckaserBraverman
• Taryn ManningMrs. Lowe
• Anthony EdwardsMiller

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