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.

Country: East Germany

Cast

Horst Schulze

Lyudmila Kasyanova

Ute Ilman

Zofia Mrozowska

Mikhail Ulyanov

Adolf Fischer

Ulrich Anschütz

Jörg Gillner