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