When 14-year- old Wolfgang is sent to a juvenile delinquent labour camp in 1968, sadistic educators do everything they can to trample his rebellious spirit. Situated in North Germany and surrounded by deadly swamp, Freistatt is bathed in ominous blue and grey through Judith Kaufmann’s cinematography. Highlighted by Hofmann’s nuanced and spine-chilling performance, this powerful adaption of true events depicts the cruel rite of passage and loss of innocence suffered by these young abandoned souls.
Friestatt | directed by Marc Brummund (Germany 2015) with Louis Hofmann, Alexander Held, Stephan Grossmann . Starts June 25
Originally published in issue #139, June 2015.
Originally published in issue #139, June 2015.
