Der Freischütz (1988)
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.
Casting
- Michael Ebbecke — Ottokar
- Nany Johnson — Agathe
- Ulrike Sonntag — Ännchen
- Siegmund Nimsgern
- Uwe Heilmann — Max
- Carsten H. Stabell — Eremit
- Thomas Mohr — Kilian
- Albrecht Dennhardt — Samiel
- Loriot — Self - Presenter
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