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27/08/2019 History, Drama, War 2h 53m
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Better to suffer injustice than to commit it.

Overview

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

  1. Terrence Malick

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. August Diehl

    Franz Jägerstätter

  2. Valerie Pachner

    Fani Jägerstätter

  3. Maria Simon

    Resie

  4. Karin Neuhäuser

    Rosalia Jägerstätter

  5. Tobias Moretti

    Fr Ferdinand Fürthauer

  6. Ulrich Matthes

    Lorenz Schwaninger

  7. Matthias Schoenaerts

    Captain Herder

  8. Michael Nyqvist

    Bishop Joseph Fliessen

  9. Franz Rogowski

    Waldland

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Reviews

A review by Matthew Brady
Written by Matthew Brady on 2020-01-27
“If God gives us free will, we are responsible for what we do or what we fail to do.”

Ambitious, but strangely simple.

A true and powerful story told in a very Malick way. Based on letters written in Austria during Hitler’s early reigns; ‘A Hidden Life’ follows a husband and wife objecting the Nazi party - which unfortunately leads to the husbands imprisonment and his wife being persecuted by villagers, all friends and neighbours for decades - all become enemies.

The camera work and cinematography were all excellent, of course with it being a Terrance Malick movie. Free flow...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$9,000,000.00

Revenue
$4,645,140.00

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