Film
Rosa Luxemburg

With introduction by Dora Osborne, Lecturer in German at the University of St Andrews

Sun, 25.11.2018
8:15 PM - 23:00 Filmhouse Edinburgh

Margarethe von Trotta / Germany 1986 / 123m /  12A

Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander

The film traces Luxemburg’s political and moral development from journalist and author to dissenter from the party line and imprisoned pacifist. Portrayed masterfully by von Trotta regular Barbara Sukowa (also known from Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Lola), Luxemburg’s character comes alive on screen with more realistic depth and complexity than her public image as a militant revolutionary might lead us believe.