Free Fall (2013 film)

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Free Fall
Theatrical release poster
German	Freier Fall
Directed by	Stephan Lacant
Written by	Karsten Dahlem Stephan Lacant
Produced by	Daniel Reich Christoph Holthof
Starring	Hanno Koffler Max Riemelt Katharina Schüttler Oliver Bröcker Stephanie Schönfeld Britta Hammelstein Shenja Lacher
Cinematography	Sten Mende
Edited by	Monika Schindler
Music by	Dürbeck & Dohmen
Production companies	Kurhaus Production Südwestrundfunk
Distributed by	Edition Salzgeber
Release dates	8 February 2013 (2013-02-08) (Berlin) 23 May 2013 (2013-05-23) (Germany) [1] ([1])
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Germany[2]
Language	German
Box office	$599,721[3]

Free Fall (German: Freier Fall) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Stephan Lacant who also wrote the script with Karsten Dahlem, and starring Hanno Koffler, Max Riemelt, and Katharina Schüttler. The film tells the story of police officer, Marc Borgmann (Koffler), who lives with his pregnant girlfriend, Bettina Bischoff (Schüttler). Whilst on a training course, Borgmann meets fellow police officer, Kay Engel (Riemelt), and a romance develops between the two men. Borgmann is torn between his love for Bettina and his new found feelings for another man. When Engel disappears for a while, Borgmann realises his life is rapidly going into "free fall", as he cannot meet the high expectations of the people he knows.^[4]

Filming began in Ludwigsburg, Germany, in the summer of 2012. Freier Fall has been compared to Brokeback Mountain and received good reviews following its première at the Berlin Film Festival on 8 February 2013,^[2] and at the Frameline Film Festival in the United States on 21 June 2013.^[1] The original motion picture soundtrack written by music duo Dürbeck & Dohmen was released digitally online by MovieScore Media to coincide with the film's opening release on 23 May 2013.^[5] It made a box office gross of $599,721.^[3]