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Great Freedom
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German	Große Freiheit
Directed by	Sebastian Meise
Written by	Thomas Reider Sebastian Meise
Produced by	Sabine Moser Oliver Neumann Benny Dreschel
Starring	Franz Rogowski Georg Friedrich Anton von Lucke Thomas Prenn
Cinematography	Crystel Fournier
Edited by	Joana Scrinzi
Music by	Nils Petter Molvær Peter Brötzmann
Production companies	FreibeuterFilm Rohfilm Productions
Distributed by	Filmladen Filmverleih (Austria) Piffl Medien (Germany)
Release dates	8 July 2021 (2021-07-08) (Cannes) 18 November 2021 (2021-11-18) (Germany) 19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) (Austria)
Running time	116 minutes
Countries	Austria Germany
Language	German
Box office	$217,227

Great Freedom (German: Große Freiheit) is a 2021 drama film directed by Sebastian Meise [de]. In June 2021, the film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, the film won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section. It won the Golden Giraldillo at the Seville European Film Festival. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, and on 22 December 2021, it was shortlisted for the award ceremony.

The film was released theatrically on 18 November 2021 in Germany by Piffl Medien and the following day in Austria by Filmladen Filmverleih.

Plot

In post-World War II West Germany, Hans is imprisoned by the post war government having previously been imprisoned in a concentration camp for infringing the Nazi anti-gay laws, which are still on the statute. Hans develops a relationship with his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer.

Cast

• Franz Rogowski as Hans Hoffmann
• Georg Friedrich as Viktor Kohl
• Anton von Lucke [de] as Leo
• Thomas Prenn [de] as Oskar

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 60 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With intelligence and sensitivity, Great Freedom draws on past injustices to present a beautifully crafted tribute to the persistence of the human spirit" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Awards and nominations

See also

• Paragraph 175
• Paragraph 175 (film)
• List of submissions to the 94th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
• List of Austrian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

References

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12. Bradshaw, Peter (9 March 2022). "Great Freedom review – formidably intelligent gay prison drama that finds liberty inside". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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33. "Grosse Freiheit • Deutscher Filmpreis". Deutscher Filmpreis. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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