Liberated Hands

Liberated Hands or Freed Hands (German: Befreite Hände) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Brigitte Horney, Olga Chekhova and Ewald Balser.^[1] It was screened at the 8th Venice International Film Festival.

Liberated Hands
Directed by	Hans Schweikart
Written by	Erich Ebermayer (novel) Kurt Heuser
Produced by	Curt Prickler
Starring	Brigitte Horney Olga Chekhova Ewald Balser Carl Raddatz
Cinematography	Carl Hoffmann Heinz Schnackertz
Edited by	Johanna Schmidt
Music by	Lothar Brühne
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	20 December 1939 (1939-12-20)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

A sculptor discovers her true vocation.

Cast

• Brigitte Horney as Dürthen, Schafhirtin
• Olga Chekhova as Kerstin Thomas
• Ewald Balser as Professor Wolfram
• Carl Raddatz as Graf Joachim von Erken
• Paul Dahlke as Thomsen
• Eduard von Winterstein as Gutsbesitzer von Erken
• 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