The Way to Freedom (German: Der Weg ins Freie) is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Zarah Leander, Hans Stüwe and Siegfried Breuer. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and location shooting around Gransee and Neustrelitz as well as the vicinity of Innsbruck. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.
Cast
Zarah Leander as Antonia Corvelli
Hans Stüwe as Detlev von Blossin - Antonias Mann
Siegfried Breuer as Graf Stefan Oginski
Eva Immermann as Luise
Agnes Windeck as Baronin von Blossin
Hedwig Wangel as Barbaccia
Walther Ludwig as Tomaso Rezzi - Singer
Albert Florath as Dr. Hensius
Herbert Hübner as Landrat von Strempel
Ralph Lothar as Achim Strempl
Antonie Jaeckel as Frau von Strempel
Karl John as Fritz
Claire Reigbert as Mamsell Dörte
Olaf Bach as Ein Pole
Leo Peukert as Director der Wiener Hofoper
Julia Serda as Frau des Operndirektors
Walther Süssenguth as Morescu
Victor Janson as Machandl
Kurt Meisel as Ein Student
Hilde von Stolz as Melanie
Oscar Sabo as Inspizient
Karl Günther as Kommissar
Hans Reinmar as Bariton in der 'Semiramis'
Emil Heß as Müetli
Josefine Dora as Frau Lüchzagel
Jakob Tiedtke as Director der Oper Bergamo
Sigrid Becker as Junge Dienstmagd auf Gut Blossin
Gisela Breiderhoff as Oginskis Begleiterin im Spielsaal
Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Direktor der Spielbank
Grete Greef-Fabri as Frau am Spieltisch
Julius Albert Eckhoff as Mann im Spielsaal
Julius Brandt as Opernkomponist in Wien
Vera Complojer as Revolutionärin in Wien
Louis Ralph as Revolutionär in Wien
Karl Etlinger as Oginskis Diener Clemens
Hugo Flink as General beim Empfang bei Antonia
Hugo Froelich as Hotelbesitzer in Pommern
Knut Hartwig as Landarbeiter auf Gut Blossin
Karl Hellmer as Nachtportier der Wiener Hofoper
Julius E. Herrmann as Kapellmeister der Oper in Bergamo
Fritz Soot as Sänger bei der Probe
Friedrich Honna as Mann, dessen Bett aus dem Fenster geworfen wird
Wilhelm P. Krüger as Staatsbeamter in Pommern
Michael von Newlinsky as Feuerwehrmann bei der Rigoletto-Aufführung
Gustav Püttjer as Pommerscher Pferdekutscher mit Oginski
Ernst Rotmund as Gastwirt Filippi in Mailand
Otto Sauter-Sarto as Wirt in der Rigoletto-Aufführung in Bergamo
Rudolf Vones as Blossins Diener in Wien
Bruno Ziener as Kantor des pommerschen Kinderchors
Reinhold Weiglin as Alter Mann im pommerschen Dorfkrug