Film · Drama
As Long as There’s Life in Me (1965)
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.
- Director
- Günter Reisch
- Writers
- Hermann Herlinghaus, Michael Tschesno-Hell, Günter Reisch
- Country
- XG
- Language
- German
- Release date
- September 9, 1965
- Original title
- Solange Leben in mir ist
Cast
Horst SchulzeKarl Liebknecht
Lyudmila KasyanovaSophie Liebknecht
Mikhail UlyanovFrolow
Albert HetterlePaul Schreiner
Erika DunkelmannMilda Schreiner
Jutta HoffmannKäthe Schreiner
Stefan LisewskiWerner Gutjahr
Albert GarbeAlbin Holzer
Fred DelmareWaldemar Lehmann
Wolfgang OstbergErnst Lemke
Hans Hardt-HardtloffTischler
Mathilde DaneggerSeine Frau
Rolf Ludwigvon Preuß- Fredy BartenAbgeordneter
- Erich MirekWilhelm Pieck
Rolf HoppeAbgeordneter- Frithjof Rüde
- Horst-Tanu Margraf
Zofia Rysiówna- Siegfried Weiß
