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
Günter Junghans
Norbert Christian
Horst Schulze
as Karl Liebknecht
Lyudmila Kasyanova
as Sophie Liebknecht
Harry Hindemith
as General von Hohenberg
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Carl Heinz Choynski
Burkhard Mann
Rolf Ludwig
Christoph Beyertt
as Soldat
Stefan Lisewski
Irma Münch
Ulrich Anschütz
as Erich Habersat
Fred Delmare
as Waldemar Lehmann
Harald Halgardt
Volkmar Kleinert
Erika Dunkelmann
Jutta Hoffmann
as Käthe Schreiner
Zofia Mrozowska
as Rosa Luxemburg
Rüdiger Joswig
as Arbeiter
Juliane Korén
Albert Hetterle
Jaecki Schwarz
as Fähnrich
Albert Garbe
Peter Reusse
Martin Trettau
Raimund Schelcher
Mikhail Ulyanov
as V.I. Lenin
Walter Plathe
as Jugendlicher
Helga Göring
as Frau
