Great Freedom
Co-presented with Goethe Pop Up, MFAH Films, The Big Queer Picture Show
HCAS partners with Goethe Pop Up, Houston MFAH Films, and The Big Queer Picture Show to present the Houston Premiere of Great Freedom on April 29th and 30th at 7:00pm.
For information on Friday's screening, click here.
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans has been found guilty for his homosexuality, deemed grounds for imprisonment under Paragraph 175. Over the course of decades, he is spied on and repeatedly jailed as a result.
As Hans returns to prison again and again, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor, a convicted murderer. What begins as revulsion blossoms over time into something far more tender.
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes, and starring an exceptional Franz Rogowski (Transit), Sebastian Meise’s Great Freedom is a searing depiction of love in the face of injustice.
| Country, Year | Austria, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Director | Sebastian Meise |
| Writer | Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise |
| Cast | Franz Rogowski, Georg Friedrich, Anton Von Lucke, Thomas Prenin |
| Producer | Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Benny Dreschel |
| Language | English Subtitles, German |
| Runtime | 116 MINS, SECS |
| Genre | Narrative |