Free Rainer (2007)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Hans Weingartner

Writers:

Katharina Held (writer)
Hans Weingartner (writer)

Release Date:

15 November 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution. |

Plot Keywords:

Ratings | Television Addiction | Media Landscape | TV Channel | Television Habits

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Rainer
Elsa Schulz Gambard	...	Pegah (as Elsa Sophie Gambard)
Milan Peschel	...	Phillip
Gregor Bloéb	...	Maiwald
Tom Jahn	...	Bernd
Andreas Brandt	...	Karl-Heinz
Robert Viktor Minich	...	Harry
Ralf Knicker	...	Sebastian
Irshad Panjatan	...	Gopal
Simone Hanselmann	...	Anna
Doris Golpashin	...	Showmoderatorin (as Doris Goldpashin)
Peer Jäger	...	Gründgens
Us Conradi	...	Frau Arnim
Franziska Knuppe	...	Maiwalds Freundin
Vinzenz Kiefer	...	Junger Kollege - Titanic Show

Also Known As:

Free Rainer - Dein Fernseher lügt (Germany) (new title)
Reclaim Your Brain (International: English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

120 min | Germany:138 min

Country:

Austria | Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Coop 99

Trivia:

Cameo: [Thorsten Feller]Network creative #1 in the conference scene near the end

Movie Connections:

References "Chîsana baikingu Bikke" (1974)

a step forward for weingartner!!!

I don't get where all these jealous people come from who are writing those bad comments... First of all, this is not a comedy, it's a drama about the modern television, how it manipulates us and our lives.

The actors, as in DIE FETTEN JAHRE SIND VORBEI are very well casted and do a pretty good job here, especially Bleibtreu. The photography is manily realistic and in a documentary style and so is the acting. Some might think that its a bit overdosed showing the TV-producers doing nothing else than sniffing coke and being assholes but those who work in the business will recognize most of it.

I really enjoyed watching the movie, even if it could have been a bit shorter and to the point. There are not many directors in Germany which are brave enough to write such explosive stuff!