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As Long as There’s Life in Me (1965)

10 | Sep 09, 1965 (XG) | Drama | 01:54

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.

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Horst Schulze
Karl Liebknecht
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Lyudmila Kasyanova
Sophie Liebknecht
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Albert Hetterle
Paul Schreiner
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Erika Dunkelmann
Milda Schreiner
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Jutta Hoffmann
Käthe Schreiner
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Stefan Lisewski
Werner Gutjahr
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Albert Garbe
Albin Holzer
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Fred Delmare
Waldemar Lehmann
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Wolfgang Ostberg
Ernst Lemke

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