Ride to Freedom
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Ride to Freedom (
historical war film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Willy Birgel, Viktor Staal and Hansi Knoteck. The film is set in the 1830s during Poland's November Uprising against the Russian Empire
. It portrays the rehabilitation of a Polish cavalry officer whose initial reluctance to engage the enemy leads to the death of his comrades, but later dies fighting bravely.
The film was made by German's leading studio
Cast
- Willy Birgel as Julek Staniewski
- Viktor Staal as Jan Wolski
- Hansi Knoteck as Janka Koslowska
- Ursula Grabley as Katerina Tschernikoff
- Heinz von Cleve as Saganoff
- Berthold Ebbecke as Malinowski
- Werner Schott as Bobrikoff
- Edwin Jürgensen as Fürst Tschernikoff
- Hermann Braun as Milewski - polnischer Fähnrich
- Hans Reinhard Knitsch as Smirnoff - russischer Fähnrich
- Rudolf Schündler as Polnischer Student
- Aribert Grimmer as Polnischer Wachtmeister
- Clemens Hasse as Betrunkener Fährmann
- Peter Elsholtz as Adjutant des Gouverneurs
- Horst Birr as Krupka
- Charlie Kracker as Hässlicher Ulan
- Lidija Daurdina as Gouvernante
- Werner Bernhardy as Major
- Curt Cappi as Diener des Rittmeisters Staniewski
- Hermann Hardy as Erzieher des Prinzen
- Gustav Mahncke as Unparteiischer beim Duell
- Dagmar Muthardt as Junges Mädchen beim Ball
- Siegmar Schneider as Großfürst
- Louise von Krogh as Begleiterin des Gouverneurs beim Ball
- Michael von Newlinsky as Russischer Offizier beim Ball
- Kurt Daehn
References
- ^ Kreimeier p. 283
Bibliography
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
External links
- Ride to Freedom at IMDb