As Long as There’s Life in Me
Solange Leben in mir ist
Release: 1965-09-09
·Runtime: 114m
·★ 10.0
Drama
This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat, workers’ leader and a virulent antimilitarist, is one among 110 SPD members of Parliament who vote against approving war loans. From then on, he is considered un-German and a traitor to the fatherland, and his own party’s leadership turns against him. Despite threats, Liebknecht speaks up against the war and writes the manifesto “The Main Enemy Is at Home.” Even when he is arrested and charged with treason, he does not surrender.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Mathilde Danegger
as Seine Frau
Harald Halgardt
Walter Jupé
Horst Schulze
as Karl Liebknecht
Wolfgang Ostberg
as Ernst Lemke
Hermann Stövesand
Albert Hetterle
as Paul Schreiner
Erika Dunkelmann
as Milda Schreiner
Harry Hindemith
Mikhail Ulyanov
as Frolow
Rolf Hoppe
as Abgeordneter
Günter Schubert
Fred Delmare
as Waldemar Lehmann
Zofia Rysiówna
Achim Schmidtchen
Lyudmila Kasyanova
as Sophie Liebknecht
Jutta Hoffmann
as Käthe Schreiner
Stefan Lisewski
as Werner Gutjahr
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
as Tischler
Werner Dissel
as Bethmann-Hollweg
Jürgen Hentsch
Albert Garbe
as Albin Holzer
Rolf Ludwig
as von Preuß
Alfred Müller
Norbert Christian
Jochen Diestelmann
Gert Gütschow
Lutz Riemann
Peter Sturm
