Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 28, 2015
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, German, Hebrew
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Ammo Content,Altered Innocence
- Cast
- Yony Leyser,Olgu Caglar,Blixa Bargeld,Rosa von Praunheim,Til Schindler,Anton Andreew,Tim-Fabian Hoffmann,Rummelsnuff,Peaches,Chloe Griffinand 10 more
- Director
- Yony Leyser
- Writer
- Yony Leyser,Paulita Pappel
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb