Objective Rating: This movie is very good. I found that this film portrays the theme of gay prisons in post-Nazi Germany very well before Paragraph 175 was deleted. This film may of course be included in the list of other popular gay-themed films. Alas, in my personal opinion: The fictional story of this film bothers me a lot. At first I confused the chronology of this movie to understand what moment we are in. The next biggest obstacle is the scene asking for oral sex, which I think lacks motivation. I mean, he was just curious and wanted to try. Because we didn't showed enough sexual attraction. Lastly when the ending of this film somehow feels ironically hopeless (the great freedom he finally found after they abolished Paragraph 175 was having to go back to that prison), I doubt it will become a cult. Still, I like the optimistic side of the expressionless Hans Hoffman character's desperate expression. Such a good mood, fearless and moving.
Review of Great Freedom
