The job of the guard is to maintain order and ensure that orders are followed, while the prisoners are expected to follow the prison rules: 1. Prisoners are only called by their numbers; 2. Prisoners call guards "Mr. Guard"; 3. Prisoners are not allowed to speak after shouting "Lights out" 4. All food must be eaten; 5. Prison guards’ orders must be obeyed unconditionally; 6. Those who do not obey the rules will be punished. At the beginning of the experiment, the prisoners only regarded it as a game, and did not take "the prison guard's orders must be unconditionally obeyed" seriously. Tarek was the prisoner No. 77 in the experiment. Relying on the regulations not to use violence in the experiment, he deliberately provoked trouble and caused trouble. The guard Borus (Justus von Dohnanyi) is dissatisfied with Tarek's arrogance, and the tit-for-tat between the two intensifies the conflict. Guards initially used fire extinguishers against the prisoners, and with "Thorn" Tarek, the guards humiliated him by shaving his hair, urinating on his head, and having him wipe the toilet with his clothes. In order to establish his authority, the guards' violence gradually escalated. The female doctor Juta felt that the experiment was getting out of control and demanded to stop, but Dr. Dunn, who was in charge of the project, believed that she was still in control. As a result, the experiment was completely out of control. The guards kidnapped the organizer of the experiment. Juta was insulted and even nearly raped by the guards. Dunn was injured by the guards, resulting in a tragedy of two deaths and three injuries.
The film is based on the 1971 American "Stanford Prison Experiment" and adapted from Mario Jordanou's novel "Black Box".
The film won the German Film Awards for Film of the Year and three Gold Awards for Outstanding Performance of the Year - Best Actor (Moritz Bredo), Scenography and Best Supporting Actor (Justus von Donay).
I don't understand why those guards are so bold and violent to hurt people or even cause death. Do they have no concept of the rule of law? After all, this is a simulation experiment, and the actual law still works. And Dr. Dunn, who has repeatedly condoned the escalation of violence, is to blame. It is his acquiescence to the use of violence that makes the guards' unbridled arrogance lead to bitter consequences. People are subconsciously violent, and following the rules is really important. Rather than the environmental characters (prisons, prisoners, and guards), the human factor (Tariq who made trouble, Dr. Dunn who allowed the guards to be violent) was the main factor in the final tragedy.
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