Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a true story, the plot follows the relationship of an American writer of Israeli/Palestinian descent and a Russian aspiring artist working as a hustler, offering access to the city's vibrant queer and underground scenes while examining the differences between expatriate and refugee life. Our characters travel through Berlin's layered history and unique subcultural landscape; on their adventures they discover influences and remnants of the Weimar Republic, WWII, the Bowie years, and punk.
Yony Leyser
Director, Writer
Paulita Pappel
Writer
Yony Leyser
Ezra
Tim-Fabian Hoffmann
Sasha
Chloe Griffin
Cathrine
Amber Benson
Jayne
Anton Andreew
Alexandru
Til Schindler
Bastian
Rosa von Praunheim
Ezra's Agent
Nina Hagen
Oracle
Blixa Bargeld
Chéri60%
XX/XY59%
Cyrus59%
Small Apartments58%
The Best You Can69%
Love & Sex61%
Madame58%
The Man from Elysian Fields58%
Love in Taipei67%
(Untitled)64%
Young People Fucking58%
Love Everlasting73%
L.A. Without a Map59%
Dirty Sexy Saint63%
Father of the Bride70%
Is This Thing On?65%
Just Before I Go63%
He Said, She Said58%
Delirious63%
Happythankyoumoreplease64%
