Great Freedom
Soulful, stirring… gripping… terrific…an exquisite marriage of personal, political and sensual storytelling.
Great Freedom
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is imprisoned again and again under Paragraph 175, a law criminalizing homosexuality. Over the course of decades, he develops an unlikely yet tender bond with his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer.
Special Jury Prize: Hamptons Film Festival
Outlook Prize: Chicago International Film Festival
Special Jury Prize: Montclair Film Festival
Best Film & Best Actor: Sarajevo Film Festival
MoMA chose it as the *Closing Night* of their big year-end recap "The Contenders" series. It's already poised to be one of the better reviewed foreign films of 2022:
"Must-see... A career-best Franz Rogowski anchors Austria's powerful gay prison drama." - Indiewire
"A tender, unconventional love story." - The Hollywood Reporter
“Lovers of truthful, humanistic cinema should take note. This one is the real deal” - The Film Stage
Special Jury Prize: Hamptons Film Festival
Outlook Prize: Chicago International Film Festival
Special Jury Prize: Montclair Film Festival
Best Film & Best Actor: Sarajevo Film Festival
MoMA chose it as the *Closing Night* of their big year-end recap "The Contenders" series. It's already poised to be one of the better reviewed foreign films of 2022:
"Must-see... A career-best Franz Rogowski anchors Austria's powerful gay prison drama." - Indiewire
"A tender, unconventional love story." - The Hollywood Reporter
“Lovers of truthful, humanistic cinema should take note. This one is the real deal” - The Film Stage
Genre
Drama,
LGBTQ
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Runtime
116
Language
German,
English
Director
Sebastian Meise
Writer(s)
Sebastian Meise,
Thomas Reider
Cast
Franz Rogowski,
Georg Friedrich,
Thomas Prenn,
Anton Von Lucke
Awards:
Winner, Un Certain Regard Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Queer Palm, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, FIPRESCI Prize ~ Best Foreign Language Film, Palm Springs International Film Festival
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
The first time you see the exhilaratingly stubborn hero of “Great Freedom,” he is moving around a grubby public bathroom. Fit and jaggedly handsome, with short hair and sideburns, he looks coiled with impatience, restless yet confident. A trim mustache frames his sensual mouth, and his biceps are ...
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