Experimenter

Experimenter

64.97% | Oct 16, 2015 | Drama, History

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.

Featured Cast

Deana Sidney
Production Design
Kathryn J. Schubert
Editor

Cast

Stanley Milgram
Peter Sarsgaard
Stanley Milgram
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Winona Ryder
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
James McDonough
Jim Gaffigan
James McDonough
Paul Hollander
Edoardo Ballerini
Paul Hollander
John Williams
John Palladino
John Williams

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