Summaries

Long-haired, barefoot people. Free love! Veganism! Experiments with drugs... The sixties, right? Not quite. In 1900 a group of middle class kids revolted against their time and started the original alternative community - Monte Verità, the mountain of truth. A community based on veganism, feminism, pacifism and free love. This creative documentary mixes interviews, archive and animation in a beautiful combination bringing you straight back to the early 1900 as seen through the eyes of these young radicals. The documentary Freak Out tells the untold story of the birth of the alternative movement and unfold the uncanny similarities between our time and what they revolted against in the early 1900s.—Carl Javér

This is the untold story of a group of middle class kids who in the year 1900 revolted against their time and started the original alternative community in southern Switzerland. A community based on veganism, feminism, pacifism and free love. Through their eyes we unfold the uncanny similarities between our time and what they revolted against in the early 1900s.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • male rear nudity
  • male nudity
  • switzerland
  • small community
  • old photograph
Genres
  • Animation
  • History
  • Biography
  • Documentary
Release date Apr 24, 2014
Language English German
Production companies Film i Väst Danmarks Radio (DR) ARTE

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Runtime 1h 29m
Color Color Black and White
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