Despite It All!
Trotz alledem!
Release: 1972-01-13
·Runtime: 125m
·★ 6.5
Drama
War
October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the uprising of Kiel’s sailors against war and militarism sets off a call for revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, Liebknecht declares the Free Socialist Republic of Germany. But pro-Kaiser military and right wing Social Democrats oppose him.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Albert Garbe
Harald Halgardt
Martin Trettau
Irma Münch
Raimund Schelcher
Lyudmila Kasyanova
as Sophie Liebknecht
Erika Dunkelmann
Walter Plathe
as Jugendlicher
Ulrich Anschütz
as Erich Habersat
Peter Reusse
Zofia Mrozowska
as Rosa Luxemburg
Harry Hindemith
as General von Hohenberg
Helga Göring
as Frau
Günter Junghans
Norbert Christian
Horst Schulze
as Karl Liebknecht
Rolf Ludwig
Jaecki Schwarz
as Fähnrich
Stefan Lisewski
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Carl Heinz Choynski
Volkmar Kleinert
Mikhail Ulyanov
as V.I. Lenin
Albert Hetterle
Fred Delmare
as Waldemar Lehmann
Jutta Hoffmann
as Käthe Schreiner
Burkhard Mann
Rüdiger Joswig
as Arbeiter
Juliane Korén
Christoph Beyertt
as Soldat
