"Subjects wanted!" "Profits: 4000 mark, for a 14 day during experiment." "..in a spurious jail." "Crown Plaza, please." "THE EXPERIMENT" " Take care." " You too." "Fighting dogs, fighting dogs?" "Where for does someone need fighting dogs?" "In former days the Romans used to have fighting dogs." "Sorry, don't I know you?" "Hold on, BS, cola, Spiegel and don't take me wrong Hubba Bubba, right or am I right?" "Right." "Hey, now I know." "Aren't you from that booth down Aachenerstrasse?" "And you are Tarek, right or am I right?" "Yeah, that's right." "Yes, I know every cabdriver in this town." "Cabdriver?" "I was one either some day." "Good day gentleman." "I am doctor Grimm, the scientific assistant of this experiment." "You all know what you are here for?" "Subjects." "The experiment is painless." "There's no need for medication." "It's about group-behaviour in an imprisoned situation." "Are we playing guards or imprisoners?" "You are divided into groups." "The computer will decide that." "We are doing a series of tests to examine your psychic condition." "Previously I need to make the following remark:" "Willing to participate in this experiment means you will renounce your private life and fundamental rights." "Anyone having problems with that?" "Ok, then let's start." "Steward?" "No, ground personnel." "then it's about time!" "Mr. Faahd?" ".." "Fahd." "come with me please." "It says here you drive a cab." "Yes." "Is that your real job or just temporary?" "What you mean, temporary?" "I mean, aren't you having any other jobs besides driving a cab?" "No." "I'm just asking, because it says here also that you have studied philosophy, architecture and sociology." "Yes, that is correct, it's true..... temporarily." "Good Mr. Fahd, your moral values are almost all within the norms and you have a good condition." "That is important, you can during the experiment being exposed to very extreme situations." "Extreme situations?" "But you will watch over me, don't you?" "Uhm, the experiment will be guarded 24 hours a day by video." "So nothing will happen to me." "Oh no!" " Yes!" "He lives!" "You've owed me 500 for two years." "I know, you'll get it." "Sounds interesting." "They say the army is behind it." "With plenty of money." "What do you want?" "Start again?" "Say "sorry"?" "Kind of late after two years!" "I had stress." "You drive a taxi." "Yes." "And you want to be locked up for two weeks!" "But it's a good story." "Ten thousand. including photos." "No expenses." "Thanks." "Yes?" "Hi, Fahd. I called." "I told you, don't jump on the sofa!" "1 lux, 250 by 268 pixels." "Press right: freeze frame." "Press left: continuous motion." "Receiver and recorder disguised as a Walkman." "The transmitter has a range of 100 meters." "Cool." "Ready for tomorrow?" " Sure." "This is a reference test." "We'll do it again after the experiment." "Don't worry." "It's not unpleasant." "Don't you feel well?" "It's okay." "Do you have a problem with enclosed spaces?" "Everything okay, no problem." "Shit." "Shit, shit, shit!" "Are you injured?" "You had red!" "You could've been dead!" "This is my father's car." "He'll be happy you're alive." "I'm coming from his funeral." "What?" "Where were you going?" " To Zandvoort." "Maybe you shouldn't go there." "What?" "I don't believe in coincidences." "Nothing just happens in life." "Even the worst things somehow make sense." "I, for example, should no longer drive a taxi." "This will hurt a little." "Funny, it seems to be deep, but there's no blood." "If you're right, why is he dead?" "What sense does that make?" "Don't know." "Worst thing is, I couldn't talk to him anymore." "Didn't see him for four years, couldn't talk to him anymore." "Maybe that wasn't necessary." "He was 65." "He had a good life." "'Dora, be glad, he had a nice death.'" "But I'm not glad." "I'm not here any more." "Sometimes life doesn't go on." "That's okay." "Can I lie down somewhere?" "Are you going to stay here?" "Yes, I'll be next door." " No, I mean here." "Please meet Professor Thon, the director of this experiment." "Gentlemen, I would like to thank all of you for participating." "You are brave men." "You laugh, but I'm serious." "The next two weeks will be a new experience for you." "You'll undergo and exert pressure." "Some of you will have no civil rights for two weeks." "Do not underestimate that." "If anyone wants to go now, it's your last chance." "Your safety is number one priority." "Violence must not be used!" "Whoever gets violent is out of the experiment." "Is that clear?" "Fine." "Would the following gentlemen please stand up:" "Are we prisoners or guards?" "Please, gentlemen." "Guards!" "Cool!" "Please put on your uniforms." "But we get 4000 too?" "Four?" "I get 8000!" "No, we have to pay." "Hands on your back, legs spread!" "Gentlemen." "You are now guards at a penitentiary." "Your job is to maintain peace and order, to make sure the rules are obeyed." "Take it seriously!" "The experiment succeeds or fails with you!" "If you don't do your job right the experiment makes no sense and we can stop it right now." "You don't play guards, you are guards!" "Your first task: to explain the situation to the prisoners." "Please turn around!" "Thanks." "Next one, please!" "Go over there!" "Put on the dress!" "What about underwear?" " No underwear!" "Can I have number 69?" " Quiet!" "I hope it's a mixed sauna!" "They're crazy, women's coats!" "Maybe we have to piss sitting down!" "Quiet, 69!" "Let's go!" "Everyone out, please!" "Really cool!" "The 1st day" "Keep going!" "Everyone in line!" "Is there Pay-TV?" "They're nuts, look at this!" "Keep going, please." "Quickly!" "Did you imagine this?" " No." "Quite a professional slammer!" "Now we're in deep shit." "Stand in a row on the marker line!" "What happens now?" "Prison rules." "One:" "The prisoners address each other by numbers only." "Two:" "The prisoners address the guards as "Mr Prison Guard"." "Three:" "At "lights out", the prisoners must not talk." "Then we'll sing!" " Quiet!" "Four:" "Meals are to be eaten up completely." "Read the menu to us!" "Quiet!" "Five:" "Each order of the guards is to be obeyed immediately." "Six:" "Failure to obey the rules will result in punishment." "What kind of punishment?" "We'll see to that." "We're flexible." "And now cell assignments." "When I call out your number go to the cells!" "21, 74, 86 - cell 1 ." "82, 15, 94 - cell 2." "77, 69, 38 - cell 3." "53, 40, 11 - cell 4." "I'll tell you, I snore." " Great." "You get the bottom bunk." " Alright." "I'm Joe." " Tarek." "And you?" " Thirty-eight." "Why do you want to take part in this experiment?" "Because I think it can be very interesting." "4000 marks is a lot of money." "You can really relax and experience something new." "You have to be open to ideas and I need the money." "It might be lots of fun." "Because of the bucks." "General interest." "I was never in prison." "Me?" "No!" "No." "No, really." "Jeez!" "I'm a regular guy!" "I have a kiosk, corner of Brussels and Aachen Street." "Executive." "I have a few people working under me." "I'm a school teacher." "I perform as Elvis." "I work for an airline." "Here's my card." "In seven years I was never late." "Where's the next cigarette machine?" "Downstairs and to the right!" "Hey, Elvis." "Sing something!" "Yes, sing a song!" "When do we get to eat?" "We're hungry!" "Do you have something against anal burning?" "What do you do in real life?" " I'm an electrician." "High voltage." "Them with the big cables." "You?" " Taxi driver." "And you, 38?" " You ask too much, 77." "I guess something with numbers." "Bus driver." "Numbers and staring straight ahead silently, right?" "Life guard!" "Really?" "You know this one?" "Which animal has only one lip on the vulva?" "Half a roasted chicken." "What do the Arabs call a cow barn?" "Moobarrac!" "Why do women always watch porn films to the end?" "They think they'll get married." "I know one that's a bit longer." "Three guys in front of a sauna." "One of them goes in and there is a giant, fat woman with a huge..." "Three against three!" "Come on, you coward!" "The cheese is so dry you could smoke it." "I've got a kiosk, there's always something going on." "I've got an open ear for everyone." "Listening you can't learn." "You're born with it." "Drink your milk, 82." " I don't drink milk." "I get postcards from Jamaica, Sri Lanka..." "Rule number four, 82." "Consume all your food!" "I never drink milk." "I hate milk." "Go on, a rule is a rule!" "Milk makes me sick." " Drink." "Your." "Milk." "One to zero for us, Schutte!" "Eat up!" "You have two minutes." "Back to your cells!" "Idiot!" "Is there a problem?" "Away from the doors!" "Now:" "Shut up!" "Bedtime!" "Anyone hurt?" "Quiet!" "Whoever talks now does push-ups." "Good night, ladies!" "Can you live from that?" " Sure." "You can't let them push you around!" "What should I do?" "They have to take us seriously or we can forget it." "If you say he has to drink his milk, then he has to." "Yeah, sure." "But the Elvis number is good!" " Cool hip swing!" "My wife made that." " No, thanks." "Do you have kids?" "A son, four months." "Sweet!" "These are my rug rats." "Twins?" "Cute, too." "Can I see them as well?" " Sure." "What about you, Berus?" " A daughter." "How old?" " She'll be twelve in three days." "Do you have a photo?" "No photo?" "What kind of a father are you?" "I'm a good father!" "Eckert?" "Do you have kids?" "What's up now?" "Out you come, 77." "Why?" " I said, out!" "Push-ups!" "Can't you say that friendlier?" " Push-ups!" "I heard you the first time, homo." "Very easy - just say please once." "What?" "Fine, the whole cell, out!" "38, 69, out!" "Wait a sec, did you sleep on your Superman comics?" "They're not involved." "Talk to me!" "And down!" "Twenty!" "I didn't do anything!" "Remember who you have to thank for this." "Jerk!" "And another twenty for that!" "I had no idea you could be so hard!" "Great show!" "Did you see that?" "They're doing everything." "Get up!" "Out of the cells!" "Line up!" "The 2nd day" "Get moving!" "The ladies in cell three, sore muscles?" "Morning." "If I installed a taxi radio the drivers could order some meat and I have it deep fried on time." "Gentlemen, finish breakfast!" "82, you didn't drink your milk." "I said that I don't drink milk." "Well, milk or push-ups." "But I miss some enzyme!" "Wonderful, let's do push-ups instead of milk." "All together, right?" "Let's do push-ups for Schutte." "Sure we'll do push-ups!" "Excuse me, Mr. Prison Guard!" "One, two, three four, five, six seven, eight, nine..." "That's clever." "What if he really is allergic to milk?" " Nonsense." "The problem is 77." "Come on, bed check!" "He really stinks!" "You learn that as a lifeguard?" " The very first thing." "77, made your bed yet?" "That's mean." "You'll have to do it again!" "Do it again, I said!" "I'll count to three and the bed is made." "And one!" "And two!" "And three!" "Shall I call the guards?" "Jutta, quickly!" "Come on, I'll help you." "We don't want to get out of here anyway, do we?" "We want gummy bears!" "And cable TV." "That's a walkie-talkie, no phone!" "What about pizza?" " Yeah, pizza." "And porn magazines!" "What about basketball?" "Admit it!" "You lost!" "It's just a game!" "Here we go now, here we go now!" "Piss off, cocksucker!" "Barricades, barricades!" "What's going on there?" " We didn't do anything!" "In two hours they're exhausted." "We have to react or they do what they want!" "77, the asshole." "Professor, what should we do now?" "Bosch, that won't do any good!" "We can't use violence." "We stick together." "They're twelve, we're eight." "Suggestions?" "Berus, what about you?" "Don't you ever say anything?" "I once read..." "What?" "I can't understand you." "I once read that you get control in such a situation with humiliation." "We don't want to hurt anyone, they just have to respect us." "After 36 hours - it's incredible!" "Undress!" "Get up!" "Strip off your coats!" "We give up!" "Hey, they gave up!" "Seventy-seven!" "Keep calm, it's all a game, okay?" " Go, Berus!" "Undress!" "Your hand!" "And down!" "Wasn't that a bit too hard?" "No, as long as they don't say anything up there, we're doing fine." "They do want some action down here!" "Bosch, it wasn't violence." "Fire extinguishers, Berus, cool." "Gentlemen, you've restored peace and order, solved your problem." "Keep going!" "But please remember to act appropriate." "Perhaps the next conflict can be solved differently." "Thank you." "This is Tarek Fahd, messages after the beep." "What happens next?" "Nothing happens." "Stay calm, that's the best strategy." "You can get the bed." "Get out!" "The 3rd day" "Good morning, gentlemen!" "I think no-one wants to repeat last night." "We still have eleven days to go." "Suggestion:" "We stay reasonable then we all get our money and that's it." "Okay?" "Or does anyone like stress?" "Good." "Is that okay, 77?" "Yeah." "Yes, Mr Prison Guard." "Yes, Mr Prison Guard." " Fine." "See!" "It wasn't that bad." "82, if you have to puke, then go to the loo." "That's the rule." "He has to drink." "We can't help it." "We thought we'd restore order, make them obey us." "So it runs smoother for us." "That we have them in our hands, that we're at the helm again." "After all, it wasn't violence." "We'll see what happens." "Hi, Schutte" " No names!" "Tell me, why are you doing this?" "I do it often." "Guinea pig." "Once I got an intestinal probe." "It was worse than this here." "The people were nicer, but I got only 900 marks for it." "What do you do with the money?" "I've got sort of a dream." " Yeah, what?" "No, you'll laugh at me." " I won't laugh at you." "I promise." "A Ferrari." " Do you know what a Ferrari costs?" "Not a new one." "I know a dealer, he likes me." "Maybe a '89 if the bank plays along." "Fine." "But to fill her up you'll need another loan." "A yellow one." "I'd park it at my kiosk so that everyone can see it." "I dreamed of it all my life." "It's important to have a dream." "I read that somewhere." "It's true." "What's your dream?" "Does anyone have drugs here?" "I think this is a jail!" "Keep your trap shut today, 77!" " What do you want?" "Kiss my ass!" "Mr Prison Guard Berus, I've got a question." "That number yesterday, could it be that it turned you on a bit?" "I think I saw it clearly." "Did you fuck your wife hard at home?" "Shut up, you idiot!" " Or don't you have a wife?" "Could be." "Ground staff, right?" "You're all gay!" "And Mr Prison Guard, there's something else." "You smell a bit strong." "Yes!" "Has anyone ever told you that you stink, man!" "There's something, people call it soap." "If you'd use it you wouldn't stink any more." "Although " "I reckon for some people even that doesn't work." "Shut up!" " Yeah, hit me, girlie!" "Hit me and you're out of here!" "No, you won't hit me." "You're really hot for this job here!" "Tarek, stop it!" "Don't spoil it!" "There's so much more you could do with us!" "What's going on here?" "Nothing. 77 is going back to his cell." "Not bad." "Give me that thing!" "What are they paying for the story?" "Phase 3:" "Prisoner attacks prisoner." "You're pushing it on purpose!" "Kiss my ass!" "They pay more if it really gets wild!" "And what are you doing here, soldier?" "!" "Name, rank, outfit!" "Come on, you can't fool me!" "Steinhoff, Air Force, Major." "Pilot?" " Yes." "Who are you working for?" "'Reporter'." "What else is going to happen?" "They're going to provoke a series of stress situations." "What is your job?" " Observe and report." "And not let myself be manipulated." "So that's it." "Yes, that's the way it is." "86, ...21, 74, 94, 15, 82 38, 77, 69, 53, 40, 11 ." "Whoever talks now sleeps in the yard without a blanket." "Clear?" "Dismissed." "Surprise!" "We can't do that!" "What do we have here?" "Guys!" "It's just to warm up!" "Sorry, I wanted to ask if I could go a bit earlier today." "I thought we'll deal with 77!" " Yeah, I know." "What "I know"?" "No, Bosch!" ""When?"... then everyone." "Yes." "I brought something else!" "Are you crazy?" " It's only a gas gun with blanks." "Dennis, it's me." "I'm not selling the house." "I have to go back to Cologne." "I'll call you." "You got along well, didn't you?" "He was the cleveres"