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A Hidden Life is a 2019 epic historical drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick. It stars August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, and Matthias Schoenaerts, with Michael Nyqvist and Bruno Ganz in their final performances.
Jan 17, 2020 · A Hidden Life: Directed by Terrence Malick. With August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser. The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Terrence Malick
- 2020-01-17
Dec 13, 2019 · Terrence Malick’s “A Hidden Life,” the true story of a World War II conscientious objector, is one of his finest films, and one of his most demanding. It clocks in at nearly three hours, moves in a measured way (you could call the pacing “a stroll"), and requires a level of concentration and openness to philosophical conundrums and ...
A Hidden Life follows the real-life story of Austrian peasant farmer Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl) who refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. Born and bred in the small village of St. Radegund, Jägerstätter is working his land when war breaks out.
Dec 13, 2019 · Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
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- Terrence Malick
- PG-13
- August Diehl
May 20, 2019 · A Hidden Life is Malick’s most overtly political film and one of his most religious, urgent and sometimes even uncomfortable because of what it says — to everyone, but specifically to...
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A thoughtful, deeply felt chronicle of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. It's a simple story about a complex moral question, and our responsibility to refuse to participate in what we know is wrong, despite the consequences and pressures from even those closest to us.
