The Free Will

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DVD Release Date:

06/24/2008

Run Time:

163min.

Starring:

Jürgen Vogel , Sabine Timoteo , André Hennicke , Manfred Zapatka , Maya Bothe

Director(s):

Matthias Glasner

Genre(s):

Drama

Plot: 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. Read More

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