Storyline

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.—David Carless

Plot Keywords

letter, piano, mansion, dinner, newspaper, human rights, intrigue, husband wife relationship, violence, kidnapping, writing, death, political prisoner, political thriller, paranoia, kiss, death of protagonist, ends with death, suspense, firing squad

Short Review

Von Trotta finds poetry in Luxemburg's own writing, creating images that emphasise the deepness of her humanity in a historical period so often over-simplified.

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