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Released 6 years ago.
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Free Country
2020 2h 10m DE
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6.3
MID
★6.3TMDB · 87
DramaThriller
Synopsis
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Former East Germany, 1992. Patrick Stein and Markus Bach, two very different police officers, are commissioned to investigate the disappearance of two female teenagers in a remote area of the country. Did they run away from home or did something more terrible happen to them?
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Trystan Pütter
Patrick Stein
Felix Kramer
Markus Bach
Nora Waldstätten
Katharina Kraft
Ben Hartmann
Richy Horn
Alva Schäfer
Nicole
Ludwig Simon
Charlie
Uwe Dag Berlin
Horst
Leonard Kunz
Kevin
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Christian Alvart
- Writers
- Christian Alvart, Alberto Rodríguez, Siegfried Kamml
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Christian Alvart, shot by Christian Alvart. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Christoph Schauer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Marc Hofmeister shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Trystan Pütter and Felix Kramer and Nora Waldstätten carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt9407490 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 87 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Christian Alvart directs. Christian Alvart behind the camera. Christoph Schauer scores. Marc Hofmeister cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 6 years ago.
- 2Directed by Christian Alvart, shot by Christian Alvart. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Christoph Schauer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Marc Hofmeister shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Trystan Pütter and Felix Kramer and Nora Waldstätten carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt9407490 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 87 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 8 themes, including "small town", "remake", "co-workers relationship", "east germany".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Christian Alvart
- Original score
- Christoph Schauer
- Editing
- Marc Hofmeister
- Production design
- Tim Tamke
- Costume design
- Ingken Benesch
- Makeup / hair
- Sylvia Grave
- Sound
- Daniel Weis
- Stunt coordinator
- Christoph Domanski
- Runtime
- 130 min · 2h 10m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
- Certification (US)
- 16
Also by
Christian Alvart
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Telepool
DE
Syrreal Entertainment
DE
ZDF
DE
Key crew
- ProducerChristian Alvart
- Original Film WriterAlberto Rodríguez
- Original Film WriterRafael Cobos
- SoundDavid Hilgers
- Co-ProducerJonathan Saubach
- Co-ProducerDoris Schrenner
- CastingSuse Marquardt
- Sound MixerFlorian Beck
- Sound DesignerDaniel Weis
- ProducerSiegfried Kamml
- Production DesignTim Tamke
- Sound DesignerFlorian Beck
- ProducerTimm Oberwelland
- Makeup DesignerSylvia Grave
- Line ProducerWassili Zygouris
- Costume DesignIngken Benesch
- EditorMarc Hofmeister
- Second Assistant DirectorDaryna Lukashenko
- Stunt CoordinatorChristoph Domanski
- Stunt CoordinatorPavlo Avilov
- Property MasterNils Strnad
- GafferStefan Peters
- Fight ChoreographerDmytro Rudyi
- Additional MusicMax Filges
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- small town
- remake
- co-workers relationship
- east germany
- based on movie
- good cop bad cop
- 1990s
- state crimes
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2020-01-0916
- Digital2020-07-0916
Also known as
International titles
- Freies LandDE
- Free CountryUS
- Pays libreFR
- Свободная странаRU
