In Spite of Everything ( Trotz alledem! )

In Spite of Everything (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Trotz alledem!
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
125 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Günter Reisch

Written By:
Günter Karl
Michael Tschesno-Hell

Actors:
Horst Schulze ..... Karl Liebknecht
Lyudmila Kasyanova ..... Sophie Liebknecht
Ute Illmann ..... Vera Liebknecht
Lutz Fremde ..... Sohn Liebknecht
Albert Hetterle ..... Paul Schreiner
Erika Dunkelmann ..... Milda Schreiner
Jutta Hoffmann ..... Käthe Schreiner
Burkhard Mann ..... Kulle Schreiner
Zofia Mrozowska ..... Rosa Luxemburg
Mikhail Ulyanov ..... Lenin
Fred Delmare ..... Waldemar Lehmann
Rolf Ludwig ..... Von Preuss
Adolf Fischer ..... Liesegang
Ulrich Anschütz
Carl Heinz Choynski
Norbert Christian
Albert Garbe
Jörg Gillner
Werner Godemann
Wolf Goette
Helga Göring
Harald Halgardt
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Gerd Michael Henneberg
Horst Hiemer
Harry Hindemith
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Arthur Jopp
Günter Junghans
Volkmar Kleinert
Juliane Korén
Olaf Landsberg
Otto Lang
Stefan Lisewski
Horst-Tanu Margraf
Erich Mirek
Irma Münch
Walter Plathe
Ernst Prahlow
Rainer Rettkowski
Peter Reusse
Ekkehard Schall
Raimund Schelcher
Jaecki Schwarz
Martin Trettau
Siegfried Weiß

Synopsis:

In October 1918, Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berliner workers prepare him a triumphant reception. The First World War is almost over, the Empire sends in vain its last reserves to the slaughter. The mood in large swathes of the working population is revolutionary. SPD chief Friedrich Ebert wants to bring about the abdication of the Emperor to prevent revolution. But the uprising of Kiel s sailors against war and militarism is a call to revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, the workers leader declares the Socialist Republic of Germany from the balcony of Berlin s palace. The Emperor flees. But counter-revolutionaries, pro-empire generals and rightwing Social-Democrats soon treacherously hunt down the Communists and murder its leaders Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. This tense feature film, given five-star reviews, ends with the mourning procession of the Berlin population, a procession that is still held annually to this day.

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.