GREAT FREEDOM

Film Info

Austria 2021 | 116 min. Director: Sebastian Meise

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GREAT FREEDOM

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Sebastian Meise
Producer

Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Benny Drechsel
Screenwriter

Sebastian Meise, Thomas Reider
Director of photography

Crystel Fournier
Main Cast

Franz Rogowski (Hans), Georg Friedrich (Viktor)
Casting

Eva Roth, Benjamin Roth
Editor (Cut)

Joana Scrinzi
Sound

Jörg Theil, Atanas Tholakov, Manuel Meichsner
Original Score

Nils Petter Molvaer, Peter Brötzmann
Production Design

Michael Trandel
Costume Design

Tanja Hausner, Andrea Hölzl
Makeup

Heiko Schmidt, Roman Braunhofer, Kerstin Gaecklein

Biography

Sebastian Meise is an Austrian director and screenwriter. His acclaimed debut feature film STILLIFE premiered at San Sebastian IFF and won several awards such as Best Feature Film at Diagonale Film Festival. His documentary film OUTING was presented at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - GREAT FREEDOM
2012 - OUTING, doc.
2011 - STILLIFE
2006 - DAEMONEN, short
2005 - RANDOM, short
2003 - PRISES DE VUES, short