Based on real events, from visionary writer-director Terrence Malick, A HIDDEN LIFE is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
“Cinema at its mightiest and holiest...as much as any film I’ve seen in the 21st century, is totally contingent upon the big screen… It’s about how the quietest acts of resistance are part of what save civilization.” —Owen Glieberman, Variety
“After seven long years of wandering in the desert, Terrence Malick returns with a shatteringly powerful story of faith in crisis.“ —David Ehrlich, IndieWire
“Malick’s most overtly political film and one of his most religious... It’s a film that seems particularly designed to lodge barbs in a comfortable audience during an era of rising white nationalism.” —Alissa Wilkinson, Vox
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