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User Rating:
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Director:
Matthias Glasner
Writers:
Judith Angerbauer (writer)
Matthias Glasner (writer)
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Release Date:
24 August 2006 (Germany) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
A man is released from a mental institution after serving 9 years for multiple rape. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Tribeca 2006 winners!
 (From ioncinema. 8 May 2006)
User Comments:
Great movie - without an intention, failing to move people more (13 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
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 ... Singer of "Ave Maria"
Andreas Laurenz Maier ... Marius (as Andreas L. Maier)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marcel Batangtaris ... Toni
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Directed by
Matthias Glasner 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Judith Angerbauer  writer
Matthias Glasner  writer
Jürgen Vogel  writer

Produced by
Frank Döhmann .... producer
Matthias Glasner .... producer
Christian Granderath .... producer
Andrea Hanke .... co-producer
Markéta Polednová .... junior producer
Andreas Schreitmüller .... co-producer
Jürgen Vogel .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Matthias Glasner 
Ingo Scheel 
 
Film Editing by
Mona Bräuer 
Matthias Glasner 
Julia Wiedwald 
 
Casting by
Simone Bär 
 
Production Design by
Tom Hornig 
Conny Kotte  (as Conni Kotte)
 
Costume Design by
Sabine Keller 
 
Production Management
Kathrin Laugalies .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sarah Altmann .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Hubert Bartholomae .... sound mixer
Michael Müller .... foley editor
Jörn Poetzl .... foley artist (as Joern Poetzl)
Claudia Schuhmacher .... sound assistant (as Claudia Schumacher)
Philipp Sellier .... foley recordist
Stefan Soltau .... sound
Stefan Soltau .... supervising sound editor
Tini Tüllmann .... sound assistant
Björn Wiese .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Karl-Heinz Bochnig .... special effects
Volker Lorig .... special effects
Niklas Voigt .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Wolf Bosse .... digital intermediate
Lutz Lemke .... credits
Frieda Oberlin .... digital intermediate supervisor
Philipp Orgassa .... digital intermediate colorist
Gerhard Spring .... film recording
Christian Tröger .... digital intermediate finisher
Ralf Wacker .... digital intermediate supervisor
 
Stunts
Jason Oettle .... assistant stunt coordinator
Rainer Werner .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Kai Stichel .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Sergej Range .... on-line editor
Bianca Stumpf .... color timer
Adi Wolotzky .... assistant editor
Silke Zirnité .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Karin Gatzke .... music consultant
Karin Gatzke .... music coordinator
Björn Wiese .... composer: additional music
 
Other crew
Vivian Bach .... production assistant
Kai Hülsmann .... location manager
Lutz Lemke .... title designer
Carla Schoenfelder .... production assistant
Nadja Tausch .... location manager: Berlin
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Free Will (International: English title)
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Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
Germany:163 min (Berlin International Film Festival) | Argentina:163 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | France:-16 | Finland:K-18
Filming Locations:
Belgium more
Company:
Colonia Media more

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3 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Great movie - without an intention, failing to move people, 4 June 2006
10/10
Author: user-7767 from United States

I would not like to give a summary of the impulsive scenes or the techniques used in the film. I do refrain from talking about the movie as a logical construction. Anyway, that is exactly what was done at Ludwigshafen's 'Festival des Deutschen Films' - trying to pull the discussion onto a more emotional level, the director himself and the two protagonists failed. which stands for the extreme distance people (and eve the cast) seem to be able to keep having watched the movie. This lets me conclude that the movie, although displaying one part of human life/struggle, was unable to move people's substance.. This is the first movie that made me doubt, if the medium 'movie' can really reach people's core. Not even the realistic display of rape seems to be enough to touch people.

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