125 minutes
1/13/1972
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.
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
Walter Plathe
as Jugendlicher
Jaecki Schwarz
as Fähnrich
Helga Göring
as Frau
Rüdiger Joswig
as Arbeiter
Christoph Beyertt
as Soldat
Erich Mirek
Siegfried Weiß
Manfred Zetzsche
Horst-Tanu Margraf
Albert Garbe
Peter Reusse
Horst Hiemer
Stefan Lisewski
Juliane Korén
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Ekkehard Schall
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Otto Lang
Werner Godemann
Harald Halgardt
Gerd Michael Henneberg
Günter Junghans
Martin Trettau
Carl Heinz Choynski
Norbert Christian
Arthur Jopp
Volkmar Kleinert
Irma Münch
Raimund Schelcher