The Free Will (Der freie Wille) 17 years old

The Free Will

After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though superficially everything seems to work out Theo's seething rage remains ready to erupt.

Credits

The Free Will Cast

Name Character
Jürgen Vogel He was 38, now 55 years old as Theo
Judith Engel She was 36, now 54 years old as Anja Schattschneider
André Hennicke He was 47, now 65 years old as Sascha
Manfred Zapatka He was 63, now 81 years old as Nettie's father
Sabine Timoteo She was 31, now 49 years old as Nettie
Bernadette Büllmann as Singer of "Ave Maria"
Andreas Laurenz Maier as Marius
Anne-Kathrin Golinsky as Seller in department store
Anna De Carlo as Waitress
Anna Brass as Raped woman in the dunes
Marcel Batangtaris as Toni
Maya Bothe She was 6, now 24 years old as Sybille
Frank Wickermann as Michael

The Free Will Crew

Name Department
Andreas Schreitmüller as Producer. He was 50 (now 67) years old Production
Mona Bräuer as Editor. She was 45 (now 62) years old Editing
Andrea Hanke as Producer. Production
Ingo Scheel as Director of Photography. Camera
Julia Wiedwald as Editor. Editing
Tom Hornig as Production Design. Art
Conny Kotte as Production Design. Art
Sabine Keller as Costume Design. Costume & Make-Up
Frank Döhmann as Producer. He was 50 (now 67) years old Production
The Free Will poster
The Free Will (17 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
  • Runtime: 163 minutes