Great Freedom

Drama | 2022 | NR. 1hr 56min
Open Captions on Wed and Sun CAST: Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke DIRECTOR: Sebastian Meise CLOSES APR. 21, 2022 | MASKS OPTIONAL

In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Over the decades, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor.

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A quiet and carefully constructed story about the sheer absurdity of the criminalisation of homosexuality, and about the denial of humanity that criminalisation required.

Kevin Maher, Times (UK)