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.

• Director: Loriot
• Cast: Michael Ebbecke, Nany Johnson, Ulrike Sonntag, Siegmund Nimsgern, Uwe Heilmann, Carsten H. Stabell, Thomas Mohr, Albrecht Dennhardt