This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat, workers’ leader and a virulent antimilitarist, is one among 110 SPD members of Parliament who vote against approving war loans. From then on, he is considered un-German and a traitor to the fatherland, and his own party’s leadership turns against him. Despite threats, Liebknecht speaks up against the war and writes the manifesto “The Main Enemy Is at Home.” Even when he is arrested and charged with treason, he does not surrender.
Directed by Günter Reisch
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Horst Schulze
Karl Liebknecht
Lyudmila Kasyanova
Sophie 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
Seine Frau
Rolf Ludwig
von Preuß
Fredy Barten
Abgeordneter
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