A 36-year-old high-school music teacher in Vienna yearns to become a rock musician. His life consists of defiant students, cynical colleagues, and a broken marriage. Does he have a chance at his dream?
Acting
Alfred Dorfer commits fully to cringe-worthy midlife delusion.
Writing
Sicheritz captures Vienna's specific brand of resigned cynicism.
Director
Harald Sicheritz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Freispiel captures 1990s Vienna's unique blend of working-class pessimism and absurd humor—part of a wave of Austrian cinema that rejected the polished image of The Third Man.
Director Harald Sicheritz came from TV satire and reportedly cast Dorfer after seeing his stand-up—explaining the film's uncomfortable comedy-of-embarrassment energy.
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