The Experiment

The Experiment

2010
1h 36m
4.2

4.2/10

11 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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...

Status: Released

Language: DA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nimbus Film
Production Countries
Denmark
Spoken Languages
Danish Kalaallisut

Quick Facts

Original Title Eksperimentet
Release Date September 9, 2010
Status Released
Language DA
IMDb ID tt1525830

Cast

Ellen Hillingsø
Ellen Hillingsø

Gert

Laura Bro
Laura Bro

Frk. Høgh

Kurt Ravn
Kurt Ravn

Inspektør Svendsen

Morten Grunwald
Morten Grunwald

Hr. Omann

Laura Skaarup Jensen
Laura Skaarup Jensen

Karen

Mads Wille
Mads Wille

Niels

Finn Nielsen
Finn Nielsen

Jørgen Møller

Nukâka Coster-Waldau
Nukâka Coster-Waldau

Margrethe

Domilia Marianne Singertat
Domilia Marianne Singertat

Marie

Paniaraq R. Søltoft
Paniaraq R. Søltoft

Ingrid

Najaaraq Margit Davidsen
Najaaraq Margit Davidsen

Dorthe

Kristian Falck-Petersen
Kristian Falck-Petersen

Daniel

Key Crew

Rikke De Fine Licht
Writer
Louise Friedberg
Director
Louise Friedberg
Writer