As Long as There’s Life in Me

As Long as There’s Life in Me

114 mins | Drama | Sept. 9, 1965

This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat, workers’ leader and a virulent antimilitarist, is one among 110 SPD members of Parliament who vote against approving war loans. From then on, he is considered un-German and a traitor to the fatherland, and his own party’s leadership turns against him. Despite threats, Liebknecht speaks up against the war and writes the manifesto “The Main Enemy Is at Home.” Even when he is arrested and charged with treason, he does not surrender.

As Long as There’s Life in Me

114 mins | Drama | Sept. 9, 1965

As Long as There’s Life in Me
This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat, workers’ leader and a virulent antimilitarist, is one among 110 SPD members of Parliament who vote against approving war loans. From then on, he is considered un-German and a traitor to the fatherland, and his own party’s leadership turns against him. Despite threats, Liebknecht speaks up against the war and writes the manifesto “The Main Enemy Is at Home.” Even when he is arrested and charged with treason, he does not surrender.
Producers DEFA
Original title Solange Leben in mir ist
Directors Günter Reisch
Writers Michael Tschesno-Hell, Hermann Herlinghaus, Günter Reisch

Cast

Horst Schulze

as Karl Liebknecht

Lyudmila Kasyanova

as Sophie Liebknecht

Mikhail Ulyanov

as Frolow

Albert Hetterle

as Paul Schreiner

Erika Dunkelmann

as Milda Schreiner

Jutta Hoffmann

as Käthe Schreiner

Stefan Lisewski

as Werner Gutjahr

Albert Garbe

as Albin Holzer

Fred Delmare

as Waldemar Lehmann

Wolfgang Ostberg

as Ernst Lemke

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

as Tischler

Mathilde Danegger

as Seine Frau

Rolf Ludwig

as von Preuß

Fredy Barten

as Abgeordneter

Erich Mirek

as Wilhelm Pieck

Rolf Hoppe

as Abgeordneter

Otto Lang

as Scheidemann