The Free Will ( Der Freie Wille )

The Free Will (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Der Freie Wille
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
164 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Matthias Glasner

Written By:
Judith Angerbauer
Matthias Glasner

Actors:
Jürgen Vogel ..... Theo
Sabine Timoteo ..... Nettie
André Hennicke ..... Sascha
Manfred Zapatka ..... Nettie's father
Judith Engel ..... Anja Schattschneider
Anna Brass ..... Raped woman in the dunes
Anne-Kathrin Golinsky ..... Seller in department store
Maya Bothe ..... Sybille
Frank Wickermann ..... Michael
Anna De Carlo ..... Waitress
Bernadette Büllmann ..... '
Andreas Laurenz Maier ..... Marius (as Andreas L. Maier)

Synopsis:

Theo (Jürgen Vogel) has raped several women and is, after several years of committing acts of sexual violence, caught. He is committed to a psychiatric prison and, after 12 years in prison, he is released to return to normal life. Theo finds work as a printer, goes regularly to therapy, and lives in a supervised group. But Theo finds that finding a normal life isn't all that easy. Functioning more like a wooden puppet than a person, Theo wanders through his post-prison days more like an inhibited loner with severe difficulties in his social encounters with women. In spite of overwhelming loneliness and growing depression, Theo fights returning to his old violent ways. And then a ray of hope enters Theo's life: he gets to know Netti (Sabine Timoteo), the daughter of the domineering printing house owner. Netti mistrusts men in the same way that Theo mistrusts women. The two outsiders befriend each other and eventually fall in love. But Nettie knows nothing about Theo's past and his problems -- until one night when Theo decides that he can't keep living a lie. Der Freie Wille tells the story of a man who is given freedom but still remains a prisoner inside.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 July, 2007.

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