
Plot
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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Cast

Horst Schulze
Karl Liebknecht

Lyudmila Kasyanova
Sophie Liebknecht

Ute Ilman
Vera Liebknecht

Zofia Mrozowska
Rosa Luxemburg

Mikhail Ulyanov
V.I. Lenin

Adolf Fischer

Ulrich Anschütz
Erich Habersat

Jörg Gillner

Albert Hetterle

Erika Dunkelmann

Jutta Hoffmann
Käthe Schreiner

Burkhard Mann

Fred Delmare
Waldemar Lehmann

Rolf Ludwig

Harry Hindemith
General von Hohenberg

Walter Plathe
Jugendlicher

Jaecki Schwarz
Fähnrich

Helga Göring
Frau

Rüdiger Joswig
Arbeiter

Christoph Beyertt
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