Great Freedom
Alternative title: Große Freiheit

Directed by Sebastian Meise

Hans faces imprisonment under Paragraph 175 in post-war Germany, forging an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor over decades.
Great Freedom is an exceptional German drama about a gay man repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175 and the unlikely bond he forms with another inmate. Franz Rogowski gives a superb performance, and Sebastian Meise’s restrained direction turns decades of persecution into something intimate, unsentimental and deeply moving.

Great Freedom

Alternative title: Große Freiheit

Directed by Sebastian Meise

Hans faces imprisonment under Paragraph 175 in post-war Germany, forging an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor over decades.

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Great Freedom is an exceptional German drama about a gay man repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175 and the unlikely bond he forms with another inmate. Franz Rogowski gives a superb performance, and Sebastian Meise’s restrained direction turns decades of persecution into something intimate, unsentimental and deeply moving.