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Despite It All! (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.

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Top billed cast

Horst SchulzeKarl Liebknecht
Lyudmila KasyanovaSophie Liebknecht
Ute IlmanVera Liebknecht
Zofia MrozowskaRosa Luxemburg
Mikhail UlyanovV.I. Lenin
Adolf Fischer
Ulrich AnschützErich Habersat
Jörg Gillner
Albert Hetterle
Erika Dunkelmann

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