''Freiheit'' (

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for "freedom") is a 1966 short film by

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, made while he was a student at the

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.Fensch, Thomas, ''Films on the Campus'', A.S. Barnes & Co, New York, 1970, .Pollock, Dale, ''Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas'', Harmony Books, New York, 1983, . His third film, it was the first to contain a narrative.Freiheit, George Lucas' Short Student Film About a Fatal Run from Communism (1966)
by Colin Marshall, 2013-05-10, Open Culture

Plot

The film follows a student's attempt to escape to freedom. This student (

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) tries to run across the Berlin border from East to West Germany, but ends up being shot in the chest and side gut and is mortally wounded. While he dies, he thinks about dying for freedom.

Production

The movie was filmed entirely in

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* 1966 films Cold War films Films set in East Germany Short films directed by George Lucas American short films American student films Films about the Berlin Wall 1960s English-language films {{short-film-stub

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