The Experiment
THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland, 1951. The children's home is intended to accommodate 16 carefully selected Greenlandic children, who have just come home after a year of civilization in Denmark. Now they are to be introduced into the Greenlandic community as role models. Gert, who lives alone and has no family, accepts the assignment with pride. She is idealistic and ambitious and feels passionate about saving Greenland from destitution. The means to this end is to educate and civilize the 16 children in the Danish language and culture, so they can spearhead Greenland's transformation from being a poor hunter society to being an equal part of Denmark. Due to her blind faith in the experiment, Gert underestimates the obvious personal costs to the children. And when the children as well as the Danish state fail her...
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Movie Details
- Original Title: Eksperimentet
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Release Date: 2010-09-09
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Rating: 4.2/10 (11 votes)
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Production Companies: Nimbus Film
- Status: Released
- Popularity: 0.9808
- Languages: Kalaallisut, Danish
Cast & Crew
Ellen Hillingsø
as Gert
Laura Bro
as Frk. Høgh
Kurt Ravn
as Inspektør Svendsen
Morten Grunwald
as Hr. Omann
Laura Skaarup Jensen
as Karen
Mads Wille
as Niels
Finn Nielsen
as Jørgen Møller
Nukâka Coster-Waldau
as Margrethe
Domilia Marianne Singertat
as Marie
Paniaraq R. Søltoft
as Ingrid
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The Experiment is a Drama, Thriller movie directed by . It was released on 2010-09-09.
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The main cast includes Ellen Hillingsø, Laura Bro, Kurt Ravn, Morten Grunwald, Laura Skaarup Jensen, .
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The Experiment has an IMDb rating of 4.2/10 based on 11 votes.
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The total runtime of The Experiment is 96 minutes.
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