Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:Süddeutscher Rundfunk
Cast & Crew
M
Michael Ebbecke
as Ottokar
N
Nany Johnson
as Agathe
U
Ulrike Sonntag
as Ännchen
U
Uwe Heilmann
as Max
C
Carsten H. Stabell
as Eremit
Der Freischütz
Plot
A troubled marksman, desperate to secure love and status, turns to forbidden magic in a rural community ruled by superstition and ritual. This stark television adaptation strips Weber’s Romantic opera of spectacle, recasting it as a bleak folk-horror parable about fear, failure, and the cost of choosing certainty over conscience.
