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It premiered in competition at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006 and was awarded two prizes: Jürgen Vogel received a Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution [1] and director Matthias Glasner received the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas.
He won the Silver Bear award in 2006 for his work as an actor, co-author, and co-producer for the film The Free Will (German: Der freie Wille). Vogel had his first child, a daughter, Maria (born 1988), from a previous relationship.
Vogel was awarded the Silver Bear for his overall contribution at the 2006 Berlinale, while the film received a very controversial reception. For his role as a cancer patient in "Emmas Glück" alongside Jördis Triebel , Jürgen Vogel received the Bavarian Film Award for Best Leading Actor in 2007.
It premiered in competition at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006 and was awarded two prizes: Jürgen Vogel received a Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution and director Matthias Glasner received the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas.
THE FREE WILL. by Matthias Glasner. synopsis. Theo, a rapist, is released after nine years in a psychiatric hospital's prison ward. His fear of women and the unfulfilled desire this generates turns normal life into a kind of martyrdom.
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It’s as clinical and stone-cold as German arthouse cinema can get, though it tackles humanity in its most raw and exposed form. Jürgen Vogel’s performance is shocking and daring, and he stands out as the highlight of an otherwise tiresome film that struggles with its own identity crisis.
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Serial rapist Theo (Jürgen Vogel) is released from prison and struggles both against his deviant sexual drive and living back in society again. Monitored and undergoing therapy he could still revert back to his old ways at any time.
