In 1929 Berlin, the progressive editor-in-chief Bornstein is on trial for libel. An article in his magazine attempted to uncover the role that Reichsanwalt Jörns had played ten years earlier in the "clarification" of the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. The article explained that the then court martial judge knowingly covered up for the murderers and delayed the trial. At the trial, the testimony of witnesses succeeded in proving the truth of the publication and exposing those behind the murders as those who were preparing fascism.
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Walter Jupé
Jörns
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Hans Beimler, Kamerad
Horst Drinda
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Zur See
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Wolfgang Luderer
Ilse Peters
Jochen Thomas
Runge
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Aber Vati!
Schwester Agnes
Otto Hanisch
Friedrich Karl Kaul
Fritz Bartholdt
Lamprecht
Rolf Römer
Liepmann
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Wolfgang Pietsch
Max Bernhardt
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Gerhard Rachold
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The Sons of Great Bear
Wolfgang Luderer Director · Walter Jupé Writer Friedrich Karl Kaul Writer
First release January 11, 1968 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · January 11, 1968
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No release date listed for United States.
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