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.
Experimenter
“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.
Director
Michael Almereyda
Revenue
224.1K
Status
Released
Production
FJ Productions, BB Film Productions
Cast
Peter Sarsgaard
Stanley Milgram
Winona Ryder
Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram
Jim Gaffigan
James McDonough
Edoardo Ballerini
Paul Hollander
John Palladino
John Williams
Kellan Lutz
William Shatner
Dennis Haysbert
Ossie Davis
Danny A. Abeckaser
Braverman
Taryn Manning
Mrs. Lowe
Anthony Edwards
Miller
Lori Singer
Florence Asch
Josh Hamilton
Tom Shannon
Anton Yelchin
Rensaleer
Adriana Randall
Mrs. Stein
Donnie Keshawarz
Bruno
Michael Siberry
George Bellak
Ned Eisenberg
Solomon Asch
John Leguizamo
Taylor
Harley Ware
Alan Elms
Jason Black
Sasha's Suitor
Kyla Noelle
Party Hostess
Minnie
Elephant in the Room
Tom Farrell
Whittaker
Xavier Fan
Taketo Murata
Craig De Lorenzo
Student #1
Emily Vere Nicoll
Donna Abbott
Gary Shteyngart
Worthheimer
Abe Altman
Curtis
Paul Lazar
Paul Errara
Gameela Wright
Mrs. Greer
Pascal Yen-Pfister
Serge Moscovici
Mark Elliot Wilson
Mr. Abe Lincoln
Lucy Fava
Michele Milgram
Jude Patrick White
Marc Milgram
Emerson Rosenthal
Maury Silver
Betty Gabriel
Sally
Tom Bateman
Dick Cavett
Diego Cortez
Percy
Emily Tremaine
Shelia Jarcho
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Thomas Shine
Harold Takooshian
Familiar Stranger
Jicky Schnee
Woman in Yellow
Karl Geary
Stephen Macht
Tom Roma
Counterman
Emily Nicole Hansen
Hospital Receptionist
Bay Bryan
Harvard Student
Derek Chadwick
Harvard Student
Adrian Centoni
Harvard Student
Anthony Gallino
Harvard Student
Cecelia Gray
Harvard Student
Nina Hausner
Harvard Student
Clara Lipfert
Harvard Student
Natalia Miranda Guzman
Harvard Student
Benjamin Russell
Harvard Student
Jon Steiger
Harvard Student
Justin Cass
C.U.N.Y. Student
Dean David
C.U.N.Y. Student
Aaron Dalla Villa
C.U.N.Y. Student
Robyn Michele Frank
C.U.N.Y. Student
Sakura Lin
C.U.N.Y. Student
Michelle Martinez
C.U.N.Y. Student
Martin Mundzik
C.U.N.Y. Student
Chris Nester
C.U.N.Y. Student
John Pinerio
C.U.N.Y. Student
Thomas Ahlers
Small World Problem Experimenter
Kerry Johnson
Small World Problem Experimenter
Spencer Kennedy
Small World Problem Experimenter
Sam Lipstyle
Small World Problem Experimenter
Joel Milgram
Small World Problem Experimenter
Alex Provan
Small World Problem Experimenter
Anna Thorngate
Small World Problem Experimenter
Dustin Yellin
Small World Problem Experimenter
Michally Kaiyalethe Diamond
Contemporary Crowd Crystal Experimenter
Piibe Kolka
Contemporary Crowd Crystal Experimenter
Robert McDonough
Contemporary Crowd Crystal Experimenter
Alexandra Milgram
Contemporary Crowd Crystal Experimenter
Lucas K. Schlenk
Contemporary Crowd Crystal Experimenter
Mamoudou Athie
Crying Man (uncredited)
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