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Hans Vergerus: This is a resistance experiment. This woman, 30 years old, volunteered to look after a four-month-old baby with brain injury, who screams day and night. We wanted to see what would happen to this completely normal, fairly intelligent woman, if we shut her in with a child that never stopped screaming. As you see, after 12 hours she is still quite self-possessed. Now, however, 24 hours have passed. We can see now that she is affected. Her sympathy for the sick child has been wiped out, her feelings replaced by a deep depression, which in its turn paralyzes every initiative. She has left the child to its fate. Here we can see quite clearly, that the thought of ridding herself of the child has developed. But it took another six hours before she carried out her intention, a remarkable resistance. Unfortunately our camera didn't manage to document the actual deed. Our technique has not been quite perfected. You would like to see more, wouldn't you?
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This is a resistance experiment
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This woman 30 years old
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volunteered to look after a four month old baby with brain injury who screams day and night
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We wanted to see what would happen to this completely normal fairly intelligent woman
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if we shut her in with a child that never stopped screaming
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As you see after 12 hours she is still quite self possessed
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Now however 24 hours have passed
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We can see now that she is affected
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Her sympathy for the sick child has been wiped out
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her feelings replaced by a deep depression which in its turn paralyzes every initiative
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She has left the child to its fate
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Here we can see quite clearly that the thought of ridding herself of the child has developed
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But it took another six hours before she carried out her intention
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a remarkable resistance
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Unfortunately our camera didn't manage to document the actual deed
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Our technique has not been quite perfected
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You would like to see more wouldn't you
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Movie Summary
Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.
