Despite It All!

6.5

1972-01-13

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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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.

Released

1972-01-13

Runtime

125

Director

Günter Reisch

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Revenue

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Drama

War

Language

Deutsch

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DEFA

Despite It All!

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Horst Schulze

Lyudmila Kasyanova

Ute Ilman

Zofia Mrozowska

Mikhail Ulyanov

Adolf Fischer

Ulrich Anschütz

Jörg Gillner

Albert Hetterle

Erika Dunkelmann

Jutta Hoffmann

Burkhard Mann

Fred Delmare

Rolf Ludwig

Harry Hindemith

Walter Plathe

Jaecki Schwarz

Helga Göring

Rüdiger Joswig

Christoph Beyertt

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