Great Freedom

Name: Great Freedom
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: 2021-11-18
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.3

2021 · Movie · Unrated · 116 min · ★ 7.3 · 95% critics

DramaRomanceCrime

In post-war Germany, a man finds that liberation doesn’t mean safety as laws still criminalize his sexuality. Across decades of repeated imprisonment, he searches for dignity, connection, and love, forming unexpected bonds while enduring a harsh system that keeps trying to define him as a criminal.

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Original title: Große Freiheit
Years: 2021
Release date: 2021-11-18
Language: German
Rated: Unrated
Runtime: 116 min
Critic score: 95/100
TMDB rating: 7.3/10 (202 votes)

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You’ll likely connect with this if you want a bleak, intimate drama about survival, stigma, and hard-won connection under oppressive laws; Not for you if you dislike slow, explicit, prison-set stories—try Afire or Center of My World instead.

Pros: powerful lead performance; humane, unflinching story; authentic historical focus | Cons: slow pace; explicit nudity; fragmented timeline