The Experiment
Genres
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...
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
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Runtime
96 min
Release Date
2010-09-09
Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Vote Count
11
Vote Average
4.2
Ellen Hillingsø
Gert
Laura Bro
Frk. Høgh
Kurt Ravn
Inspektør Svendsen
Morten Grunwald
Hr. Omann
Laura Skaarup Jensen
Karen
Mads Wille
Niels
Finn Nielsen
Jørgen Møller
Nukâka Coster-Waldau
Margrethe
Domilia Marianne Singertat
Marie
Paniaraq R. Søltoft
Ingrid
Najaaraq Margit Davidsen
Dorthe
Kristian Falck-Petersen
Daniel
Tanja Kielsen
Kirsten
Laura With Bødker
Johanne
Julia Naamansen
Victoria
Benjamin With Bødker
Benjamin
Pilutaq Mati Stork
Abel
Najaaraq Stork
Cathrine
Nukappiaaluk Nielsen
Jonathan
Cecilie A. Kjeldsen
Helene
Hugo Magnus Jerimiassen
Otto
Iben Constance Francie Lange
Petrine
Charlie Lange
Lars
Sten-Peter Sanimuinak
Konrad
Aputsiaq Jensen
Ole
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