After years of political agitation, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Leo Jogiches form a revolutionary German party, the Spartacists.
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Title: Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
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| Barbara Sukowa | ... | Rosa Luxemburg | |
| Daniel Olbrychski | ... | Leo Jogiches | |
| Otto Sander | ... | Karl Liebknecht | |
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Adelheid Arndt | ... | Luise Kautsky |
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Jürgen Holtz | ... | Karl Kautsky |
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Doris Schade | ... | Clara Zetkin |
| Hannes Jaenicke | ... | Kostja Zetkin | |
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Jan Biczycki | ... | August Bebel (as Jan-Paul Biczycki) |
| Karin Baal | ... | Mathilde Jacob | |
| Winfried Glatzeder | ... | Paul Levi | |
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Regina Lemnitz | ... | Gertrud |
| Barbara Lass | ... | Rosas Mutter | |
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Dagna Drozdek | ... | Rosa - 6 Jahre |
| Henryk Baranowski | ... | Josef - Rosas Bruder | |
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Patrizia Lazreg | ... | Josefs Tochter |
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Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Twenty years earlier, Rosa's political gifts are acknowledged by everyone, as she struggles for democratic government in Germany and revolution in Poland. There she works closely with Leo Jogiches. Their political activity creates some difficulty for their personal relationship - As international tensions rise, Rosa makes speeches denouncing war and militarism. She seems too radical for her fellow Socialists. She meets Karl Liebknecht. When World War I begins, Rosa and Karl are united in opposition. Written by David Carless
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applause | dream | title directed by female | unhappy ending | prison |Parents Guide:
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Rosa Luxemburg: Sonja, you are bitter about my long enprisonment and ask: "How is it that some people may decide the fate of others?". My dear, all history is based on people deciding the fate of others and that is deeply rooted in the conditions of our material existence. The only way to change this is by painful upheaval. You ask: "What is it all for?" "What for" conveys nothing about the totality of life and its many forms. Why do blue tits exist? I really have no idea but I'm glad they do ...
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The film is dedicated to "Monika" - the costume designer, Monika Hasse, who died on 3 April 1985, while working on it. See more »Goofs
The historical Rosa Luxemburg was short (about five feet, 150 cm), had dark brown eyes and a pudgy face. In this film, she is played by Barbara Sukowa who is much taller (5 foot 5, 165 cm), has gray-green eyes and sharp features. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Rosa Luxemburg: Sonja, you are bitter about my long enprisonment and ask: "How is it that some people may decide the fate of others?". My dear, all history is based on people deciding the fate of others and that is deeply rooted in the conditions of our material existence. The only way to change this is by painful upheaval. You ask: "What is it all for?" "What for" conveys nothing about the totality of life and its many forms. Why do blue tits exist? I really have no idea but I'm glad they do ...
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10 April 1986 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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B. Sukowa and D. Olbrychski (The Drum) play the famous german revolutionaries, that wanted to shape another germany after the Kaiser's empire and the German Republic of Weimar. Many resistances have been shaped out clearly by directrice Lady von Trotta. So she is in great tradition of West-german-historical-movie like W. Petersen. Her stars are very capable: Daniel Olbrychski and Hannes Jaenicke. Intellectual, fevering and never boring.