As Long as There’s Life in Me

Name: As Long as There’s Life in Me
Director: Günter Reisch
Genre: Drama
Released: 1965-09-09
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Horst Schulze, Lyudmila Kasyanova, Mikhail Ulyanov, Albert Hetterle, Erika Dunkelmann

Directed by Günter Reisch

Drama

19651h 54m10.0

Overview

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.