Despite It All!

Despite It All!

125 mins | Drama, War | Jan. 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.

Despite It All!

125 mins | Drama, War | Jan. 13, 1972

Despite It All!
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.
Producers DEFA
Original title Trotz alledem!
Directors Günter Reisch
Writers Michael Tschesno-Hell, Günter Reisch

Cast

Horst Schulze

as Karl Liebknecht

Lyudmila Kasyanova

as Sophie Liebknecht

Jutta Hoffmann

as Käthe Schreiner

Fred Delmare

as Waldemar Lehmann

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