1896년 로자 룩셈부르크는 독일의 민주정부 설립과 폴란드의 혁명을 위해 투쟁하면서, 그녀의 정치적 재능을 모든 사람에게 인정받게 된다. 그러나 레오 요기헤스(다니엘 올브리쉬스키 분)와 긴밀히 협동하면서 그들의 정치적 활동은 개인적인 관계에 어려움을 가져오게 된다. 국제적 긴장감이 감돌자 로자는 전쟁과 군국주의를 비난하는 연설을 하게 되고 그녀의 사회주의자 동지들은 로자를 급진적 인사로 치부하게 된다.
Herr von Schlieffen
This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
This lavish Soviet/Czech co-production is based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's famous novel, The Gambler, which tells the story of a Russian living in Germany, in a gambling resort. This film is set at the turn of the century, and was filmed in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czechoslovakia. Played by Nikolai Burlyayev, the gambler succumbs completely to his addiction, using up every resource he has (human, spiritual and financial) in his wagering, finally becoming a rootless drifter.
Jan Zika is the legendary hero of the communist resistance movement during World War II and leading functionary of the second underground Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
