Free Country

April 5, 2021 at 19:10 Hrs.

Germany, color, 89 min., 2018/2019
Director: Christian Alvart
Main Cast: Felix Kramer, Trystan Pütter, Nora Waldstätten, Ben Hartmann
Genre: Thriller

Summer 1992 in East Germany. When two sisters disappear without a trace, investigators Markus Bach and Patrick Stein are sent to the village to investigate. And they quickly realize that they cannot count on the support of the village community, which soon turns out to be knee-deep in lies and intrigue. But then two bodies are found and it turns out that girls from the village have disappeared before.

Christian Alvart, who also directed the excellent camera, keeps the tension throughout in this dark film - with his very good actors. With the means of the successful thriller, he cleverly points to the socially unresolved, which will continue to have an effect for a long time. (Knut Elstermann)
"Free Country" is a remake of the Spanish exceptional thriller "Murderland - La Isla Minima (2014) by Alberto Rodriguez.