72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Rosa Luxemburg

Margarethe von Trotta
West Germany - Czechoslovakia      122 m.
Synopsis
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Powerful portrait of the Polish-German activist Rosa Luxemburg (1972-1919), member of the German Socialist Democratic Party and subsequently co-founder of the Spartacist revolutionary movement with Karl Liebknecht and Leo Jogiches. A life of political (she was jailed as often as nine times) and personal struggle finally brought to an end with her murder during the unsuccessful Spartacist rebellion in Germany, immediately after its defeat in World War I.
Director
Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
Screenplay
Margarethe von Trotta
Photography
Franz Rath
Edition
Dagmar Hirtz
Music
Nicolas Economou
Cast
Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander, Adelheid Arndt
Running Time
122 m.
Country
West Germany - Czechoslovakia
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