Desire Will Set You Free

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.

• Yony LeyserDirector
• Paulita PappelWriter
• Yony LeyserWriter

• Yony LeyserEzra
• Tim-Fabian HoffmannSasha
• Chloe GriffinCathrine
• Amber BensonJayne
• Anton AndreewAlexandru
• Til SchindlerBastian
• Rosa von PraunheimEzra's Agent
• Nina HagenOracle
• Blixa BargeldCast
• PeachesHerself
• RummelsnuffCast
• Devonté HynesCast