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Great Freedom

2021 · 116 min

A quietly devastating, slow-burn meditation on love and freedom that lingers in its stillness and emotional restraint.

Directed by
Sebastian Meise
Genres
Drama, Romance, Crime
Starring
Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke
Overview
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.

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Directed by
Sebastian Meise
Genres
Drama, Romance, Crime
Starring
Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • identity
  • freedom
  • survival
Places
  • prison
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, crime
Directed by
Sebastian Meise
Written by
Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise
Starring
Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton von Lucke, Thomas Prenn, Thomas Stecher, Alfred Hartung, Thomas Wehling, Mex Schlüpfer
Music
Nils Petter Molvær, Peter Brötzmann
Cinematography
Crystel Fournier
Runtime
116 min
Country
Austria, Germany
Languages
German

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