Despite It All!

Overview

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.

Cast

Horst Schulze

Karl Liebknecht

Lyudmila Kasyanova

Sophie Liebknecht

N/A

Ute Ilman

Vera Liebknecht

Zofia Mrozowska

Rosa Luxemburg

Mikhail Ulyanov

V.I. Lenin

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Adolf Fischer

Ulrich Anschütz

Erich Habersat

N/A

Jörg Gillner

Albert Hetterle

Erika Dunkelmann

Jutta Hoffmann

Käthe Schreiner

Burkhard Mann