Liberated Hands

{{short description|1939 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Liberated Hands | image =File:Liberated Hands.png | caption = | director = [[Hans Schweikart]] | producer = [[Curt Prickler]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Erich Ebermayer]] (novel)|[[Kurt Heuser]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Brigitte Horney]]|[[Olga Chekhova]]|[[Ewald Balser]]|[[Carl Raddatz]]}} | music = [[Lothar Brühne]] | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Carl Hoffmann]]|[[Heinz Schnackertz]]}} | editing = [[Johanna Schmidt]] | studio = [[Bavaria Film]] | distributor = Bavaria Film | released ={{film date|1939|12|20|df=y}} | runtime = 99 minutes | country = Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Liberated Hands''''' or '''''Freed Hands''''' ({{langx|de|'''Befreite Hände'''}}) is a 1939 German [[drama film]] directed by [[Hans Schweikart]] and starring [[Brigitte Horney]], [[Olga Chekhova]] and [[Ewald Balser]].<ref>Hake p. 198</ref> It was shot at the [[Bavaria Studios]] in [[Munich]] and [[location shooting|on location]] in [[Husum]] and [[Capri]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Wilhelm Depenau]] and [[Ludwig Reiber]]. It was screened at the [[8th Venice International Film Festival (1940)|8th Venice International Film Festival]].

==Synopsis== Dürthen a talented [[woodcarver]] living in a rural village, feels stifled by her unhappy relationship and suppressed artistic potential. Seeking a new life, she moves to [[Berlin]] to formally develop her craft. Her journey eventually takes her to [[Italy]], where the vibrant cultural atmosphere transforms her from a simple craftswoman into a sophisticated [[sculptor]]. Along the way, she asserts her independence by rejecting traditional marriage proposals that would compromise her career. Finally, under the mentorship of a master artist, she achieves professional fulfilment and "frees her hands" to create her greatest work.

==Cast== {{castlist| * [[Brigitte Horney]] as Dürthen, Schafhirtin * [[Olga Chekhova]] as Kerstin Thomas * [[Ewald Balser]] as Professor Wolfram * [[Carl Raddatz]] as Graf Joachim von Erken * [[Paul Dahlke (actor)|Paul Dahlke]] as Thomsen * [[Eduard von Winterstein]] as Gutsbesitzer von Erken * [[Franz Weber (actor)|Franz Weber]] as Bergh, Diener * [[Hedwig Wangel]] as Frau Steinmann * [[Erna Sellmer]] as Pastorin * [[Otto Brefin]] as Pastor * [[Erika Helmke]] as Carla * [[Luise Hohorst]] as Tante Mathilde * [[Vera Hartegg]] as Josefa * [[Albert Lippert]] as Van Daalen * [[Alfred Maack]] as Postmeister * [[Georg Schmieter]] as Harms * [[Ernst Joachim Schlieper]] as Leuthold * [[Herbert Knoll]] as Portier * [[Haenschen Pfaff]] as Pfaff }}

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * {{cite book | last = Hake | first = Sabine | title = Popular Cinema of the Third Reich | publisher = University of Texas Press | year = 2001 | isbn = 978-0-292-73458-6}}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0031090}}

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