PREVIEW: Great Freedom (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Franz Rogowski (A Hidden Life), Georg Friedrich (Marija), Anton von Lucke (Frantz), Thomas Prenn (Why Not You)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sebastian Meise (Still Life), director, writer; Thomas Reider (Shillings from Heaven), writer; Benny Drechsel (Lore), Sabine Moser (High Performance) and Oliver Neumann (Hidden Reserves), producers; Peter Brötzmann (film debut) and Nils Petter Molvaer (Stratosphere Girl), composers; Crystel Fournier (Girlhood), cinematographer; Joana Scrinzi (Tomcat), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In post-war Germany, Hans Hoffmann (Rogowski) is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalises homosexuality, over a number of decades. During that time, he forms a special bond with his cellmate Viktor (Friedrich), who is a convicted murderer…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This moving Austrian drama is a brutal depiction of post-war German society and its disgraceful treatment of those who identify as homosexual, adding a layer of emotion to an already raw historical situation.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 11TH MARCH 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

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