Austrian peasant farmer Franz Jägerstätter, refuses to fight for the National Socialists in World War II despite every manner of pressure, torture, and abuse. Based on a true story. [ A Hidden Life credits: Dir: Terrence Malick / August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon/ 174 min/ Biography, Drama, Romance/ Resistance to Tyranny, Anti-Draft, Anti-War/ 2020]
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“A Hidden Life is a work of genius.”
–London Evening Standard
“Franz is torn by a moral quandary. Should he serve his nation, spurred by the blessings of local priests, or listen to that “still small voice” in his soul? …Malick’s masterpiece makes a great argument that it’s the little-known heroes, as opposed to the ones we trumpet as such, that truly form the ethical foundation upon which our society still creakily rests.”
–Film Threat
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