Ride to Freedom (1937)
January 14, 1937Release Date
Ride to Freedom (1937)
January 14, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Willy Birgel
Julek Staniewski
Viktor Staal
Jan Wolski
Hansi Knoteck
Janka Koslowska
Ursula Grabley
Katerina Tschernikoff
Rudolf Schündler
Polnischer Student
Heinz von Cleve
Saganoff
Karl Hartl
Director
Berthold Ebbecke
Malinowski
Edmund Strzygowski
Writer
Werner Schott
Bobrikoff
Walter Supper
Writer
Edwin Jürgensen
Fürst Tschernikoff
Wolfgang Zeller
Composer
Hermann Braun
Milewski - polnischer Fähnrich
Otto Baecker
Cinematographer
Günther Rittau
Cinematographer
Hans Reinhard Knitsch
Smirnoff - russischer Fähnrich
Aribert Grimmer
Polnischer Wachtmeister
Clemens Hasse
Betrunkener Fährmann
Peter Elsholtz
Adjutant des Gouverneurs
Horst Birr
Krupka
Charlie Kracker
Hässlicher Ulan
Lidija Daurdina
Gouvernante
Werner Schlichting
Production Design
Details.
Release DateJanuary 14, 1937
Original NameRitt in die Freiheit
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
Wiki.
Ride to Freedom (German: Ritt in die Freiheit) is a 1937 German 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 UFA, with interiors shot at the Babelsberg Studios. UFA received co-operation from the Polish War Ministry who supplied 5th Regiment of Zaslaw Uhlans for the filming of battles scenes that took place around Ostroleka in Poland. The Polish ambassador to Germany Józef Lipski attended the film's premiere at the Palast-am-Zoo in Berlin on 14 January 1937. Around the same time Germany and Poland, future enemies in the Second World War, co-produced two films together Augustus the Strong and Adventure in Warsaw.