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7.2/10 2019 2h 53m Released

Better to suffer injustice than to commit it.

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

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Top Cast

August Diehl
August Diehl
Franz Jägerstätter
Valerie Pachner
Valerie Pachner
Fani Jägerstätter
Maria Simon
Maria Simon
Resie
Karin Neuhäuser
Karin Neuhäuser
Rosalia Jägerstätter
Tobias Moretti
Tobias Moretti
Fr Ferdinand Fürthauer
Ulrich Matthes
Ulrich Matthes
Lorenz Schwaninger
Matthias Schoenaerts
Matthias Schoenaerts
Captain Herder
Michael Nyqvist
Michael Nyqvist
Bishop Joseph Fliessen
Franz Rogowski
Franz Rogowski
Waldland
Karl Markovics
Karl Markovics
Mayor of St. Radegund
Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz
Richter
Wolfgang Michael
Wolfgang Michael
Eckinger
Johannes Krisch
Johannes Krisch
Trakl - The Miller
Martin Wuttke
Martin Wuttke
Major Kiel
Johan Leysen
Johan Leysen
Ohlendorf
Waldemar Kobus
Waldemar Kobus
Stein

Reviews

Luis_989 8/10

An audiovisual beauty like all Malick's films although this is definitely the first one that has a more interesting story to tell since Tree of Life but unfortunately in my opinion its own ambition and pretense of doing something more epic plays against it because A Hidden Life it's a film that greatly extends its stay. Although Malick doesn't change the formula he has been using both narrative and visually, this…

SWITCH. 9/10

Terrence Malick is a filmmaker whose primary concern is the sanctity of the human soul, and in this instance, he has chosen a time and a place where that sanctity was under tremendous threat, and a story of two people sacrificing themselves to protect it. 'A Hidden Life' is a remarkable and uncompromising film, a work of hope and sorrow and belief in the human spirit. Even with the foundation of a true story, Malick…

Matthew Brady 7/10

“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…

Stephen Campbell 9/10

**_A meditation on morality and faith; a film of unparalleled sublimity; an experience beyond the sensory_** >_Death be not proud, though some have called thee_ >_Mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe,_ >_For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,_ >_Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee._ >_From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,_ >_Much pleasure, then from…

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FAQ about A Hidden Life

What is A Hidden Life about?
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
When was A Hidden Life released?
A Hidden Life was released in 2019.
What genres does A Hidden Life belong to?
A Hidden Life is categorised as History, Drama, War.
Who stars in A Hidden Life?
The cast of A Hidden Life includes August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser, Tobias Moretti.