Rosa Luxemburg

Apr 10, 1986

2h 2m

★ 6.6

Overview

Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for Germany.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Bärenfilm

Filmové studio Barrandov

Pro-ject Filmproduktion

Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion

ARD

Neue Bioskop Film

Rosa Luxemburg Trailers

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Cast

Rosa Luxemburg

Barbara Sukowa

Leo Jogiches

Daniel Olbrychski

Karl Liebknecht

Otto Sander

Kostja Zetkin

Hannes Jaenicke

Mathilde Jacob

Karin Baal

Paul Levi

Winfried Glatzeder

Jean Jaurès

Charles Regnier

Waldemar Pabst

Hans-Michael Rehberg

Gefängnisdirektor, Breslau

Charles Brauer

Luise Kautsky

Adelheid Arndt

Karl Kautsky

Jürgen Holtz

Clara Zetkin

Doris Schade

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