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Freaks: You're One of Us

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Freaks: You're One of Us
Film poster
GermanFreaks - Du bist eine von uns
Directed byFelix Binder
Written byMarc O. Seng
Produced byMaren Lüthje
Florian Schneider
Starring
CinematographyJana Lämmerer
Edited bySven Müller
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 2 September 2020 (2020-09-02)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Freaks: You're One of Us (German: Freaks – Du bist eine von uns) is a 2020 German superhero film directed by Felix Binder, written by Marc O. Seng and starring Cornelia Gröschel, Tim Oliver Schultz and Wotan Wilke Möhring.[1][2] The film is a cooperation between ZDF's Das Kleines Fernsehspiel and the streaming platform Netflix.

It was released on 2 September 2020.[3]

Plot

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Wendy works in a diner and lives with her husband and son in an unnamed suburb in Germany. When she meets the homeless Marek, her life changes. He advises her to stop taking the pills that her psychiatrist prescribes for her. She takes them because of an event in her childhood where she was inexplicably involved in the death of the school principal. He also says to her "You are one of us," then jumps off a highway bridge and is run over. The next evening she meets Marek again, who is unharmed. This convinces her to stop taking the pills.

After she leaves the diner after her next shift, she is attacked. She discovers her powers and hurls her attackers into the air for several meters. Then she uses her skills and threatens her boss to get a promotion. Her colleague Elmar, who also has powers, sees this.

Together they try to get to the bottom of the origin of their abilities and discover a government conspiracy. The government attempts to lock away people with abilities and drug them to suppress the forces.

Cast

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English dubbing

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The English version was produced by Igloo Music in Burbank, California. Anna Fox adapted the script and Harry Buerkle directed the dub.

Role Actor Voice actor[4]
Wendy Schulze Cornelia Gröschel Sara Fletcher
Elmar Mund Tim Oliver Schultz Andy Pessoa
Marek Wotan Wilke Möhring Derek Phillips
Additional voices
Leonora Pitts
Steven C. Fisher
Hudson West
James Eckhouse
Secunda Wood
Rebecca Davis
Juliana Seda
Bruno Oliver
Brandon Bales

References

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  1. ^ "Netflix Greenlights First German-Language Films". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Freaks: You're One of Us (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ Hart, Daniel (2 September 2020). "Freaks: You're One of Us review – a promising alternative superhero movie that does not sustain momentum". Ready Steady Cut. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  4. ^ Dubbing credits on Netflix
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