Striving for Freedom
5.6
Silesia, 1844. After her husband dies in a brutally suppressed weavers’ uprising, Mila emigrates to America. En route to Texas, she rescues Countess Cecilie Hohenberg from her violent husband. Captured by Comanche warrior Buffalo Hump, the women must navigate captivity, while Mila forges unexpected bonds amid the struggle for freedom.
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Cast
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Emilia Schüle
Mila Hofmann
Known for
Treadstone
High Society
Nadja Uhl
Cecilie von Hohenberg
Known for
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Men in the City
Benno Fürmann
Arnim von Hohenberg
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Joyeux Noel
Wesley French
Buffalo Hemp
Known for
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Departure
Thomas Thieme
Prinz Carl von Kronach
Known for
Babylon Berlin
The Lives of Others
Tony Caprari
Jack Slayton
Known for
The Triangle
The Last Days of American Crime
Richard Le Sueur
Settler #1
Also in
The Unexplained Files
Jannis Niewöhner
Mats
Known for
Ruby Red
Munich - The Edge of War
Simon Schwarz
Hans Cordes
Known for
Woman of the Dead
Dampfnudelblues
Warrick Grier
Martin Seitz
Known for
Labyrinth
Death Race 2
Rainer Matsutani Director · Caroline Hecht Writer Gerhard Schirlo Cinematographer
Budget $5M · First release November 11, 2013 · Produced in South Africa, Germany
Box office
Budget
$4,950,000
Production
Sat.1
Production
Wiedemann & Berg Television
Production
Two Oceans Production (TOP)
Production
South Africa · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
In einem wilden Land
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 11, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 4, 2014 · Theatrical
Italy
August 26, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
September 18, 2016 · Theatrical
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