Great Freedom (2021)
Coming Out at November 18, 2021 in theaters and on Mubi
“Grosse Freiheit”
Drama
Great Freedom is drama film directed by Sebastian Meise, and written by Thomas Reider & Sebastian Meise. The film stars Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Johannes Cramer, Ulrich Faßnacht and Alfred Hartung. The film primiered at July 8, 2021 on Cannes Film Festival.
In post-war Germany Hans is imprisoned again and again for being homosexual. Due to paragraph 175 his desire for freedom is systematically destroyed. The one steady relationship in his life becomes his long time cell mate, Viktor, a convicted murderer. What starts as revulsion grows into something called love.
►Director: Sebastian Meise
►Writers: Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise
►Stars: Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Johannes Cramer, Ulrich Faßnacht, Alfred Hartung
►Cast
| Franz Rogowski | ► | Hans Hoffmann |
| Georg Friedrich | ► | Viktor |
| Anton von Lucke | ► | Leo Giese |
| Thomas Prenn | ► | Oskar |
| Johannes Cramer | ► | Amerikanischer Soldat |
| Ulrich Faßnacht | ► | Sanitärraum-Wärter |
| Alfred Hartung | ► | Wärter |
| Klaus Huhle | ► | Richter |
| Andreas Patton | ► | Staatsanwalt |