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16/10/2015 Drama, History 1h 37m
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Illusion sets the stage. Deception reveals the truth.

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Almereyda

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Sarsgaard

    Stanley Milgram

  2. Winona Ryder

    Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

  3. Jim Gaffigan

    James McDonough

  4. Edoardo Ballerini

    Paul Hollander

  5. John Palladino

    John Williams

  6. Kellan Lutz

    William Shatner

  7. Dennis Haysbert

    Ossie Davis

  8. Danny A. Abeckaser

    Braverman

  9. Taryn Manning

    Mrs. Lowe

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Reviews

A review by Reno
Written by Reno on 2016-05-23
> A tale of the man who gave a breakthrough in the human psychology.

A movie about the experiments on the human behaviour and for us, there's nothing in it but to study those characters along. This is more a documentary than the cheerful characters and the story with a twist. So forget it if you are looking for an entertainment film.

Based on the true story of an American social psychologist Stanley Milgram. The film narrates the story of his controversial experiments and personal life that takes us back to the 60s. Not all the discoveries were accepted in its first revelation. Sometimes...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$224,145.00

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