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Set in the prestigious Yale University in 1961, Stanley Milgram orchestrates a psychology study that continues to provoke contemplation even today. Participants are misled into believing they are inflicting agonizing electric jolts on a friendly stranger confined in a distant chamber. Despite the victim's desperate pleas, the majority of individuals persist in following instructions, administering what they assume to be a potentially lethal shock, solely due to obedience. Against the backdrop of Nazi Adolf Eichmann's televised trial captivating American households, Milgram's investigation into human compliance with authority strikes a chord in both popular culture and the scientific realm. While lauded by some, he faces allegations of being a scheming, deceitful figure, yet his steadfast wife Sasha remains a pillar of support throughout the tumultuous journey.