Der Freischütz

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Loriot

Michael Ebbecke

Ottokar

Nany Johnson

Agathe

Ulrike Sonntag

Ännchen

Siegmund Nimsgern

Uwe Heilmann

Max

Carsten H. Stabell

Eremit