• Director(s)

    Gabriele Mainetti

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Fantasy, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    141m

  • Cast

    Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Givinazzo, Pietro Castellitto

Film

Freaks Vs The Reich

strong language, bloody violence, gore, sex, sexual threat, drug misuse

Comedy and whimsy collide with bloody, irreverent violence in this frantic carnivalesque Italian World War II action fantasy, as four superpowered circus performers are targeted by Nazi forces intent on world domination.…

Comedy and whimsy collide with bloody, irreverent violence in this frantic carnivalesque Italian World War II action fantasy, as four superpowered circus performers are targeted by Nazi forces intent on world domination.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

  • Director(s)

    Gabriele Mainetti

  • Production Year

    2021

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Fantasy, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    141m

  • Cast

    Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Givinazzo, Pietro Castellitto

strong language, bloody violence, gore, sex, sexual threat, drug misuse
Classified Date:
05/12/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There are bloody shootings and stabbings. A man bludgeons the head of a captive with a spanner-like implement, resulting in spurts of blood. People are electrocuted with fantastical powers, with sight of burns; others use similarly fantastical abilities to battle enemies. Hand to hand fighting includes crunchy punches, kicks and throws. A man hits a woman with a bat, but we do not see detailed impacts. People make undetailed reference to the domestic abuse they experienced in childhood. There is newsreel footage of real war violence.
threat and horror
There are scenes of panicking people fleeing an air raid as bombs explode and buildings collapse around them; a man cradles a badly injured child. A captured man's head is submerged in water to force his cooperation. Characters are threatened with torture and being burned alive. There is gun and knife threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'whore', 'bitch', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'screw', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex in different positions, with sight of breast, pubic and buttock nudity. A man masturbates beneath his clothing.
discrimination
Jewish people and others are herded onto trucks and trains by German soldiers, for transportation to concentration camps. A soldier refers to a character as 'mongoloid'. A man is described as a 'filthy jew'. There is use of the term 'cripples' by people with disabilities or physical impairments to describe themselves. Circus performers with fantastical abilities or appearances are referred to as 'freaks'.
drugs
A man with fantastical abilities inhales ether to induce visions and there are verbal references to drug addiction.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young woman is menaced by soldiers who intimidate and taunt her, discussing whether she is a virgin; she is pursued by them. One crawls on top of her and tries to touch her chest before her fantastical powers stop his attack.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal and visual allusions to suicide, without strong detail.
injury detail
We see bloody dead bodies and injured people during a bombing raid and there is sight of blood and injury detail in the aftermath of violence. A man gorily cuts off his own finger and a character accidentally rips off a man's ear in bloody fashion.
nudity
There is sight of a man's penis when he is strapped naked to a torture device.
alcohol and smoking
A young looking teenage boy is seen smoking, as are adult characters.
strong language, bloody violence, gore, sex, sexual threat, drug misuse
Classified Date:
08/12/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
There are bloody shootings and stabbings. A man bludgeons the head of a captive with a spanner-like implement, resulting in spurts of blood. People are electrocuted with fantastical powers, with sight of burns; others use similarly fantastical abilities to battle enemies. Hand to hand fighting includes crunchy punches, kicks and throws. A man hits a woman with a bat, but we do not see detailed impacts. People make undetailed reference to the domestic abuse they experienced in childhood. There is newsreel footage of real war violence.
threat and horror
There are scenes of panicking people fleeing an air raid as bombs explode and buildings collapse around them; a man cradles a badly injured child. A captured man's head is submerged in water to force his cooperation. Characters are threatened with torture and being burned alive. There is gun and knife threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'whore', 'bitch', 'shit', 'piss', 'ass', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'screw', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex in different positions, with sight of breast, pubic and buttock nudity. A man masturbates beneath his clothing.
discrimination
Jewish people and others are herded onto trucks and trains by German soldiers, for transportation to concentration camps. A soldier refers to a character as 'mongoloid'. A man is described as a 'filthy jew'. There is use of the term 'cripples' by people with disabilities or physical impairments to describe themselves. Circus performers with fantastical abilities or appearances are referred to as 'freaks'.
drugs
A man with fantastical abilities inhales ether to induce visions and there are verbal references to drug addiction.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young woman is menaced by soldiers who intimidate and taunt her, discussing whether she is a virgin; she is pursued by them. One crawls on top of her and tries to touch her chest before her fantastical powers stop his attack.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal and visual allusions to suicide, without strong detail.
injury detail
We see bloody dead bodies and injured people during a bombing raid and there is sight of blood and injury detail in the aftermath of violence. A man gorily cuts off his own finger and a character accidentally rips off a man's ear in bloody fashion.
nudity
There is sight of a man's penis when he is strapped naked to a torture device.
alcohol and smoking
A young looking teenage boy is seen smoking, as are adult characters.
Classified Date:
15/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment

  • Classified date

    08/12/2023

  • Language

    Italian