October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the uprising of Kiel’s sailors against war and militarism sets off a call for revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, Liebknecht declares the Free Socialist Republic of Germany. But pro-Kaiser military and right wing Social Democrats oppose him.
Horst Schulze
Lyudmila Kasyanova
Albert Hetterle
Erika Dunkelmann
Jutta Hoffmann
Burkhard Mann
Zofia Mrozowska
Mikhail Ulyanov
Fred Delmare
Rolf Ludwig
Adolf Fischer
Harry Hindemith
Walter Plathe
Jaecki Schwarz
Helga Göring
Rüdiger Joswig
Christoph Beyertt
Erich Mirek
Siegfried Weiß
Manfred Zetzsche
Ulrich Anschütz
Horst-Tanu Margraf
Albert Garbe
Peter Reusse
Horst Hiemer
Stefan Lisewski
Juliane Korén
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Ekkehard Schall
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Otto Lang
Werner Godemann
Harald Halgardt
Gerd Michael Henneberg
Günter Junghans
Martin Trettau
Carl Heinz Choynski
Norbert Christian
Arthur Jopp
Volkmar Kleinert
Irma Münch
Raimund Schelcher