Cast

• Barbara Sukowa
  Barbara Sukowa
  Barbara Sukowa is a German theatre and film actress.- Work :Sukowa's stage debut was in Berlin in 1971, in a production of Peter Handke's Der Ritt über den Bodensee. Günter Beelitz invited her to join the ensemble of the Darmstädter National Theatre in the same year...
  
   as Rosa Luxemburg
  Rosa Luxemburg
  Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and activist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen...
  
  
• Daniel Olbrychski
  Daniel Olbrychski
  Daniel Olbrychski is a Polish actor best known for leading roles in several Andrzej Wajda movies and also known for playing the Russian defector and spymaster Vassily Orlov, alongside Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie in the movie Salt....
  
   as Leo Jogiches
  Leo Jogiches
  Leo Jogiches , also known by his party name of Leon Tyszka was a Marxist revolutionary active in Lithuania, Poland, and Germany....
  
  
• Otto Sander
  Otto Sander
  Otto Sander is a German film, theater, and voice actor.Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he spent his military service as a navy reserve officer and then studied theatre science, history of art and philosophy. In 1965 he made his...
  
   as Karl Liebknecht
  Karl Liebknecht
  was a German socialist and a co-founder with Rosa Luxemburg of the Spartacist League and the Communist Party of Germany. He is best known for his opposition to World War I in the Reichstag and his role in the Spartacist uprising of 1919...
  
  
• Adelheid Arndt
  Adelheid Arndt
  Adelheid Arndt is a German actress.The daughter of a chemist and a teacher after graduation, she first studied ethnology in Berlin and graduated there from 1973 to 1977 from acting school....
  
   as Luise Kautsky
• Jürgen Holtz as Karl Kautsky
  Karl Kautsky
  Karl Johann Kautsky was a Czech-German philosopher, journalist, and Marxist theoretician. Kautsky was recognized as among the most authoritative promulgators of Orthodox Marxism after the death of Friedrich Engels in 1895 until the coming of World War I in 1914 and was called by some the "Pope of...
  
  
• Doris Schade
  Doris Schade
  Doris Schade is a German television actress.-Selected filmography:* 1979: Derrick - Season 6, Episode 2: "Anschlag auf Bruno"* 1981: Die bleierne Zeit...
  
   as Clara Zetkin
  Clara Zetkin
  Clara Zetkin was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and fighter for women's rights. In 1910, she organized the first International Women's Day....
  
  
• Hannes Jaenicke
  Hannes Jaenicke
  Hannes Jaenicke is a German actor. He has played in various television shows and movies, including Lost Treasure.-Selected filmography:* Rosa Luxemburg * Allein unter Töchtern...
  
   as Kostja Zetkin
• Jan Biczycki as August Bebel
• Karin Baal
  Karin Baal
  Karin Baal , real name Karin Blauermel, is a German film actress. She has appeared in over 90 films since 1956.She was born in Berlin, Germany.-Films:*1956: Die Halbstarken*1957: Der müde Theodor...
  
   as Mathilde Jacob
• Winfried Glatzeder
  Winfried Glatzeder
  Winfried Glatzeder is a German television actor and playwright.-External links:*...
  
   as Paul Levi
• Regina Lemnitz as Gertrud
• Barbara Lass as Rosa's mother
• Dayna Drozdek as Rosa, 6 years old
• Henryk Baranowski as Josef, Rosa's brother
• Patrizia Lazreg as Josef's daughter
• Charles Régnier
  Charles Régnier
  Charles Régnier was a German film actor. He appeared in over 135 films between 1949 and 2000.He was born in Freiburg, Germany and died in Bad Wiessee, Germany.-Selected filmography:* The Last Illusion...
  
  as Jean Jaures