AS LONG AS THERE’S LIFE IN ME (1965)

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As Long as There’s Life in Me
Drama
September 9, 1965
German
1h 54m
DEFA
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.
Cast & Characters
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
Erich Mirek
Wilhelm Pieck
Rolf Hoppe
Abgeordneter
Hans Finohr
Ledebour
Otto Lang
Scheidemann
Crew
Günter Reisch
Director
Hermann Herlinghaus
Writer
Michael Tschesno-Hell
Writer
Günter Reisch
Writer
Ernst Hermann Meyer
Original Music Composer
Horst E. Brandt
Director of Photography