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.
Horst Schulze
as Karl Liebknecht
Людмила Касьянова
as Sophie Liebknecht
Михаил Ульянов
as Frolow
Albert Hetterle
as Paul Schreiner
Erika Dunkelmann
as Milda Schreiner
Jutta Hoffmann
as Käthe Schreiner
Stefan Lisewski
as Werner Gutjahr
Albert Garbe
as Albin Holzer
Fred Delmare
as Waldemar Lehmann
Wolfgang Ostberg
as Ernst Lemke
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
as Tischler
Mathilde Danegger
as Seine Frau
