Great Freedom (German: Große Freiheit) is a 2021 drama film directed by Sebastian Meise .[3] In June 2021, the film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[4] At Cannes, the film won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section.[5] It won the Golden Giraldillo at the Seville European Film Festival.[6] It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards,[7] and on 22 December 2021, it was shortlisted for the award ceremony.[8]
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German | Große Freiheit |
Directed by | Sebastian Meise |
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Cinematography | Crystel Fournier |
Edited by | Joana Scrinzi |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
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Language | German |
Box office | $217,227[2] |
The film was released theatrically on 18 November 2021 in Germany by Piffl Medien and the following day in Austria by Filmladen Filmverleih.[9][10]
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.[1][11][12][13]
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"[14] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[15]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Diagonale | 13 June 2021 | Diagonale Actor Award | Georg Friedrich | Won | [16] |
Diagonale Award for Best Camera | Crystel Fournier | Won | [17] | ||
VAM Award for Outstanding Production Achievement | Sabine Moser and Oliver Neumann | Won | [18] | ||
Diagonale Award for Best Editing | Joana Scrinzi | Won | [19] | ||
Cannes Film Festival | 17 July 2021 | Un Certain Regard Jury Prize | Sebastian Meise | Won | [20] |
Queer Palm | Won | ||||
Sarajevo Film Festival | 20 August 2021 | Heart of Sarajevo - Best Film | Great Freedom | Won | [21] |
CICAE Award | Won | ||||
Heart of Sarajevo - Best Actor | Georg Friedrich | Won | |||
Festival du nouveau cinéma | 18 October 2021 | International Competition, Grand Prize | Sebastian Meise | Won | [22] |
Chicago International Film Festival | 24 October 2021 | Gold Q-Hugo | Great Freedom | Won | [23] |
Vienna International Film Festival | 31 October 2021 | Best Feature | Won | [24] | |
ExtraVALUE Film Award - Best Feature Film | Won | ||||
Seville European Film Festival | 13 November 2021 | Golden Giraldillo Award for Best Film | Won | [25] | |
ASECAN Award | Sebastian Meise | Won | [26] | ||
Best Actor | Franz Rogowski | Won | [27] | ||
Zagreb Film Festival | 21 November 2021 | Golden Pram - Best Feature Film | Great Freedom | Won | [28] |
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | 28 November 2021 | DDA Spotlight Award | Won | [29] | |
European Film Awards | 11 December 2021 | Best Actor | Franz Rogowski | Nominated | [30] |
Best Composer | Nils Petter Molvaer and Peter Brötzmann | Won | |||
Best Cinematographer | Crystel Fournier | Won | |||
European University Film Award | Great Freedom | Nominated | [31] | ||
Austrian Film Awards | 30 June 2022 | Best Feature Film | Sabine Moser, Oliver Neumann, Benny Drechsel, Sebastian Meise | Won | [32] |
Best Director | Sebastian Meise | Won | |||
Best Actor | Georg Friedrich | Won | |||
Franz Rogowski | Nominated | ||||
Best Supporting Actor | Thomas Prenn | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Thomas Reider and Sebastian Meise | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | Crystel Fournier | Won | |||
Best Make-Up | Heiko Schmidt, Roman Braunhofer and Kerstin Gaecklein | Won | |||
Best Music | Peter Brötzmann and Nils Petter Molvaer | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Joana Scrinzi | Won | |||
German Film Awards | 24 June 2022 | Best Film | Benny Drechsel, Sabine Moser and Oliver Neumann | Won | [33] |
Best Director | Sebastian Meise | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Franz Rogowski | Nominated | |||
Best Screenplay | Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Crystel Fournier | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Joana Scrinzi | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Tanja Hausner, Andrea Hölzl | Nominated | |||
Best Make-Up | Heiko Schmidt, Roman Braunhofer and Kerstin Gaecklein | Won | |||
Deutscher Schauspielpreis | 9 September 2022 | Best Actor in a Dramatic Leading Role | Franz Rogowski | Won | [34] |
Best Actor in a Dramatic Supporting Role | Georg Friedrich | Nominated | |||
European Film Awards | 10 December 2022 | Lux Award | Great Freedom | Nominated | [35] |