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The Way to Freedom

The Way to Freedom

1941•1h 53m•7.0/10
Drama

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7.0/10(2)

In Vienna, during the 1848 Revolution, opera singer Antonia Corvelli marries Detlev von Blossin, a rich landowner. But, as she refuses to give up her career, her infuriated husband returns to Pomerania without her. After falling into the clutches of the cruel and wicked count Stefan Oginski, whose lover she unfortunately becomes, Antonia has no other choice but to pass for dead in order to escape him. She then returns to Italy where she joins small theater companies under various aliases. Until one day she is overtaken by her fate...

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Production

Tonfilmstudio Carl Froelich, UFA

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Zarah Leander

Zarah Leander

Antonia Corvelli

Hans Stüwe

Hans Stüwe

Detlev von Blossin

Eva Immermann

Luise

Agnes Windeck

Agnes Windeck

Baronin von Blossin, seine Mutter

Siegfried Breuer

Siegfried Breuer

Graf Stefan Oginski

Albert Florath

Albert Florath

Dr. Hensius

Kurt Meisel

Kurt Meisel

Student

Karl John

Karl John

Fritz

Leo Peukert

Leo Peukert

Direktor

Hilde von Stolz

Hilde von Stolz

Melanie

Josefine Dora

Josefine Dora

Frau Lüchzagel

Jakob Tiedtke

Jakob Tiedtke

Director

Arthur Reinhardt

Revolutionär

Ilse Werner

Ilse Werner

Claire Reigbert

Mamsell Dörte

Hedwig Wangel

Hedwig Wangel

Barbaccia

Walther Ludwig

Tomaso Rezzi - Singer

Herbert Hübner

Herbert Hübner

Landrat von Strempel

Ralph Lothar

Ralph Lothar

Achim Strempl

Antonie Jaeckel

Frau von Strempel

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