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Great Freedom ( German: Große Freiheit) is a 2021 drama film directed by Sebastian Meise [ de]. [3] In June 2021, the film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. [4] At Cannes, the film won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section. [5]
May 6, 2022 · Great Freedom: Directed by Sebastian Meise. With Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn. In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality.
Jan 25, 2022 · A searing depiction of love in the face of injustice, directed by Sebastian Meise and starring Franz Rogowski. GREAT FREEDOM is now streaming exclusively in the US, Canada, UK & Ireland, India ...
Hans (Franz Rogowski) has been found guilty of something the government deems a crime: he is gay. Under the 19th-century German penal code known as Paragraph 175, homosexuality is grounds for ...
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Mar 4, 2022 · In "Great Freedom," Rogowski stars as Hans, a gay Jewish man sentenced to Austrian prison after World War II for violating anti-homosexuality laws. It's one of his most moving and fully imagined performances, anchoring a drama that tries to do a bit too much for its own good in terms of structure.
Mar 3, 2022 · Low key, affecting and insistently unsentimental, “Great Freedom” is a fictional story of resistance against this inhumane law, a story of salvation told one caress and sexual encounter...
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.
