Despite It All!
(1972)
★ 7.2 IMDb · 6 votes
Year: 1972
Runtime: 125 мин
Country: East Germany
Director: Günter Reisch
Cast: Хорст Шульце, Людмила Касьянова, Уте Ильман, Зофия Мрозовская, Михаил Ульянов, Адольф Фишер, Ульрих Аншютц, Йорг Гилльнер, Albert Hetterle, Erika Dunkelmann
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.