The Experiment
2010, Danish. Directed by Louise Friedberg.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Danish
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Cast & crew
- Louise FriedbergDirector
- Ellen HillingsøGert
- Laura BroFrk. Høgh
- Kurt RavnInspektør Svendsen
- Morten GrunwaldHr. Omann
- Laura Skaarup JensenKaren
- Mads WilleNiels
- Finn NielsenJørgen Møller
- Nukâka Coster-WaldauMargrethe
- Domilia Marianne SingertatMarie
- Paniaraq R. SøltoftIngrid
- Najaaraq Margit DavidsenDorthe
- Kristian Falck-PetersenDaniel
Details
- Released
- 9 September 2010
- Original title
- Eksperimentet
- Country
- Denmark
- Written by
- Rikke De Fine Licht, Louise Friedberg
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The Experiment runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Who directed The Experiment?
The Experiment (2010) was directed by Louise Friedberg and stars Ellen Hillingsø, Laura Bro, Kurt Ravn.