Der Freischütz (1988)

Release Date: 1988-08-17
Runtime: 2h 23min
Production Company: S&uuml;ddeutscher Rundfunk
Production Country: Germany
Director: Loriot

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.