Great Freedom Grosse Freiheit

Sebastian Meise / Austria, Germany / 2021 / 117 min / German

Hans is repeatedly imprisoned for homosexuality; in post-war Germany, homosexual relationships are still criminalised by Paragraph 175. However, Hans continues to pursue freedom and love even inside the prison walls... At Cannes, the film won the Un Certain Regard Prize, it was the winner of the Sarajevo Film Festival and a nominee for the LUX Audience Award.

cast Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Ulrich Faßnacht, Fabian Stumm

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