Der Freischütz

Overview

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.

Directed by Loriot

Top cast

M

Michael Ebbecke

Ottokar

N

Nany Johnson

Agathe

U

Ulrike Sonntag

Ännchen

Siegmund Nimsgern

U

Uwe Heilmann

Max

C

Carsten H. Stabell

Eremit

T

Thomas Mohr

Kilian

A

Albrecht Dennhardt

Samiel

Loriot

Self - Presenter

Details