---
title: 'Ride to Freedom (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karl Hartl'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Nazi Germany'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ride-to-freedom-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028189/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ride to Freedom (1937)

1937 · 92 min · War · Nazi Germany, Germany

Original title: Ritt in die Freiheit

## Synopsis

Ride to Freedom 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 who later dies fighting bravely.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karl Hartl](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hartl)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wolfgang Zeller](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-zeller)
- **Producer:** [Alfred Greven](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-greven)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Rittau](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-rittau)
- **Editor:** [Gertrud Hinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrud-hinz)

## Cast

- [Werner Schott](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-schott)
- [Aribert Grimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/aribert-grimmer)
- [Peter Elsholtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-elsholtz)
- [Clemens Hasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clemens-hasse)
- [Horst Birr](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-birr)
- [Ursula Grabley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ursula-grabley)
- [Viktor Staal](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-staal)
- [Hermann Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-braun)
- [Michael von Newlinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-von-newlinsky)
- [Edwin Jürgensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-jurgensen)
- [Heinz Cleve](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-cleve)
- [Hansi Knoteck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansi-knoteck)
- [Siegmar Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegmar-schneider)
- [Rudolf Schündler](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-schundler)
- [Willy Birgel](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-birgel)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ride-to-freedom-1937
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