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Feature film — 2006

The Free Will (2006)

7.02h 43mCrime — Drama

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.

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A high-signal pick with 61 votes.

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Director: Matthias Glasner

On screen

Cast & crew

Jürgen Vogel as Theo

Jürgen Vogel

Theo

Sabine Timoteo as Nettie

Sabine Timoteo

Nettie

André Hennicke as Sascha

André Hennicke

Sascha

Manfred Zapatka as Nettie's father

Manfred Zapatka

Nettie's father

Judith Engel as Anja Schattschneider

Judith Engel

Anja Schattschneider

Maya Bothe as Sybille

Maya Bothe

Sybille

A

Anna Brass

Raped woman in the dunes

A

Anne-Kathrin Golinsky

Seller in department store

A

Anna De Carlo

Waitress

F

Frank Wickermann

Michael

B

Bernadette Büllmann

Singer of "Ave Maria"

M

Marcel Batangtaris

Toni

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