Despite It All! (1972)

Name: Despite It All!
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1972-01-13
Duration: 125 min
Cast: Horst Schulze, Lyudmila Kasyanova, Ute Ilman, Zofia Mrozowska, Mikhail Ulyanov

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.

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Released 1972-01-13 · 125 min · Drama, War

Directed by Günter Reisch

Cast

Horst Schulze as Karl Liebknecht
Lyudmila Kasyanova as Sophie Liebknecht
Ute Ilman as Vera Liebknecht
Zofia Mrozowska as Rosa Luxemburg
Mikhail Ulyanov as V.I. Lenin
Adolf Fischer
Ulrich Anschütz as Erich Habersat
Jörg Gillner
Albert Hetterle
Erika Dunkelmann
Jutta Hoffmann as Käthe Schreiner
Burkhard Mann
Fred Delmare as Waldemar Lehmann
Rolf Ludwig
Harry Hindemith as General von Hohenberg