Freedom

Panorama

""A well-crafted drama""

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Jan Speckenbach
  • Germany, Slovakia 2017
  • 100 minutes
  • German, English, Slovak
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Nora roams through a museum in Vienna, has sex with a young man and hitchhikes to Bratislava. She hides her identity by telling little lies, changes her look, finds work as a chambermaid. Meanwhile in Berlin, her husband Philip is struggling, trying to manage their two children, his job as a lawyer and his affair with Monika. Life has lost meaning since Nora disappeared. Her desire for freedom is Philip’s chain.

Jan Speckenbach presents a well-crafted drama that observes modern life, its complexities, and a woman´s struggle with herself.

Filmography: Reported Missing (2012).


  • Director Jan Speckenbach
  • Production Sol Bondy, Jamila Wenske
  • Script Jan Speckenbach, Andreas Deinert
  • Cinematography Tilo Hauke
  • Editing Jan Speckenbach
  • Festivals Locarno
  • Actors Johanna Wokalek, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Inga Birkenfeld
  • Source Pluto Film, Berlin