As Long As There's Life In Me ( Solange Leben in mir ist )

As Long As There's Life In Me (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Solange Leben in mir ist
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
113 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Günter Reisch

Written By:
Hermann Herlinghaus
Günter Reisch

Actors:
Horst Schulze ..... Karl Liebknecht
Lyudmila Kasyanova ..... Sophie Liebknecht
Rita Krips ..... Vera Liebknecht
Mikhail Ulyanov ..... Frolow
Albert Hetterle ..... Paul Schreiner
Erika Dunkelmann ..... Milda Schreiner
Jutta Hoffmann ..... Käthe Schreiner
Stefan Lisewski ..... Werner Gutjahr
Albert Garbe ..... Albin Holzer
Fred Delmare ..... Waldemar Lehmann
Wolfgang Ostberg ..... Ernst Lemke
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff ..... Tischler
Mathilde Danegger ..... Frau des Tischlers
Horst-Tanu Margraf ..... Professor Wendler
Zofia Rysiówna ..... Rosa Luxemburg

Synopsis:

In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat Karl Liebknecht, a virulent antimilitarist, is the only one of 110 SPD members of parliament who votes against according war loans. From then on he is considered un-German and a traitor to the Fatherland, and his own party leadership turns against him. Despite being unable to work, despite slander and murder-threats, he continues to denounce the now-ongoing war to workers and young people, writing the manifesto The Main Enemy is at Home. Even when he is arrested and charged with treason, he does not surrender, but becomes himself the prosecutor of the real enemy of the people. A fascinating feature film about the life of the great German workers leader.

It has been 100 years since the start of the First World War. More than 10 million people lost their lives between 1914 and 1918, and twice as many were injured or crippled. The First World War was a significant theme for the film artists of the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), the East German film company founded in 1946. The suffering of working people, the misery of life in the factories and poor accommodation in cities, the growing organisation of resistance to warmongers and profiteers, as well as the battle for a better world are the topics of this extraordinary collection of films.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 March, 2015.