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Status
Released
Release
2021
Runtime
1h 56m
Available options inUS
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.
18 Cast Members
Franz Rogowski
Hans Hoffmann
Georg Friedrich
Viktor
Anton von Lucke
Leo Giese
Thomas Prenn
Oskar
Thomas Stecher
Guard 1968
Alfred Hartung
Guard 1945
Thomas Wehling
Guard 1957
Mex Schlüpfer
Buddy Viktor
David Burnell IV
Ally
Fabian Stumm
Police Officer
Joachim Schönfeld
Guard
Klaus Huhle
Judge
Andreas Patton
Prosecutor
Daniel Wagner
Criminal defense attorney
Ulrich Faßnacht
Sanitary room attendant
Johannes Cramer
American soldier
Dan Lestrade
Barkeeper
Ernst Sigot
Gay man at the toilet
