Fans of gay romance and lovers who always seem to fall for the bad boy, take note: the trailer for the new queer romance Great Freedom has arrived.
Great Freedom follows the story of Hans (Franz Rogowski), a gay man living in postwar Germany. Though the allies liberated the country, that freedom didn’t extend to LGBTQ people, as gay sex remains prohibited by law. When he’s jailed for his sexuality, Hans meets Viktor (Georg Friedrich), a convicted murderer. Sparks fly between the two men as they maintain a clandestine relationship.
Great Freedom earned rave reviews when it debuted in Europe, and even picked up the Jury Prize (Un Certain Regard) at the Cannes Film Festival last year. The film plays in select theaters now, and arrives on Mubi May 6.
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Kevan1
Looks interesting.
JanDivine
When the Allies liberated the concentration camps they let everyone go except the gay prisoners. They were put in prison and many spent more time there than they did in the camps.
KRobert57
I am absolutely appalled. I knew about the pink triangle and the history of gay prisoners in the Nazi death camps. However, there was no release for them after liberation??? I need to do more intensive research about this subject. The gay prisoners must have been thought of as worse than what was done to all the others in these camps. The Allies thought that the gay prisoners deserved more than what the Nazis had already done to them? I’m sorry if I am repeating myself, but WTF?