Free Land (German: Freies Land) is a 1946 German drama film directed by Milo Harbich and starring Ursula Voß, Fritz Wagner and Herbert Wilk. The film was a work of propaganda made by DEFA in the Soviet occupation zone which later became East Germany. It uses a neorealist style to portray the effects of land reforms brought in by the Soviet authorities.[1] It proved to be very unsuccessful on its release.[2]

Free Land
Film poster
Directed byMilo Harbich
Written by
Starring
CinematographyOtto Baecker
Edited byMargarete Steinborn
Music byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
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Distributed bySovexport-Film
Release date
  • 18 October 1946 (1946-10-18)
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
  • Germany
  • (Soviet sector)
LanguageGerman

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Feinstein p. 27
  2. ^ Noack p. 256

Bibliography

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  • Feinstein, Joshua. The Triumph of the Ordinary: Depictions of Daily Life in the East German Cinema, 1949–1989. University of North Carolina Press, 2002.
  • Noack, Frank. Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
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