Das Experiment [SEP] country of origin
Production.
The film was inspired by the events of the Stanford prison experiment in the US. It is based on the novel "Black Box" by Mario Giordano.
Release.
"Das Experiment" premiered on 7 March 2001 in Berlin and was released with a theatrical release in Germany one day later. In the UK it was released on 22 March 2002 as "The Experiment" and in the United States on 20 September 2002.
Remake.
An American remake released in 2010 was directed by
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While Hertwig was well interested in developmental biology, he was opposed to chance as assumed in Charles Darwin´s theory. His most important theoretical book was: ""Das Werden der Organismen, eine Widerlegung der Darwinschen Zufallslehre"" (Jena, 1916) (translation: "The Origin of Organisms – a Refutation of Darwin's Theory of Chance").
Hertwig was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1903