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.
Sebastian Meise
Benny Drechsel
Sabine Moser
Oliver Neumann
Sebastian Meise
Thomas Reider
Crystel Fournier
Peter Brötzmann
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
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It's curious to think that it is only fairly recently (1994!) that West Germany abolished it's odious "paragraph 175" legislation that imposed criminal penalties on homosexual men. Franz Rogowski is "Hoffman", a serial cottager who is frequently imprisoned for breaching this law. The film tells the ...
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