Has anyone experianced (and found the workaround) the issue in the title?

Basically right after the animation plays, there is no response from keyboard and mouse inputs. Some animations are frozen while others (clothes) are not. But there is nothing player can do here...

Confirming that holding down the Shift key (sprint in my setup) solved the issue.

Yeap. Seems like there is some tutorial text are been displayed, but we can't see it.

Thanks for the tip! Had the exact same problem, and this worked like a charm. ;)

Much obliged! Solved my issue too. I had to fight all over from the last checkpoint once and could not bear the thought of doing it again :)