Plot
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.
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
Crew
Michael Almereyda
Director
Michael Almereyda
Writer
Ryan Samul
Director of Photography
Bryan Senti
Original Music Composer
Danny A. Abeckaser
Producer
Michael Almereyda
Producer
Fabio Golombek
Producer
Per Melita
Producer
Isen Robbins
Producer
Aimee Schoof
Producer
Uri Singer
Producer
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