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02/10/2018
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07/01/2019
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22/07/2019
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09/01/2019
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25/11/2018
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Firstsite
20/01/2019
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Colchester
Glasgow Film Festival
21/01/2019
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Glasgow
HOME
17/01/2019
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Picturehouse Central
17/11/2018
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Westminster,
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Queen's Film Theatre
28/11/2018
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Showroom Workstation
09/12/2018
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Sheffield
Stoke Film Theatre
26/03/2019
- 26/03/2019
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The Courtyard
10/03/2019
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Hereford
Towner Eastbourne
28/04/2019
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Eastbourne
Triskel Arts Centre
29/11/2018
- 29/11/2018
Cork
Watershed
26/11/2018
- 26/11/2018
Bristol
Barbican Centre
02/10/2018
- 02/10/2018
City of London,
London
Picturehouse Central
17/11/2018
- 17/11/2018
Westminster,
London
Broadway Cinema
07/01/2019
- 07/01/2019
Nottingham
Derby QUAD
22/07/2019
- 22/07/2019
Derby
Stoke Film Theatre
26/03/2019
- 26/03/2019
Stoke-on-Trent
The Courtyard
10/03/2019
- 10/03/2019
Hereford
Eden Court Theatre
09/01/2019
- 09/01/2019
Filmhouse
25/11/2018
- 25/11/2018
Edinburgh
Firstsite
20/01/2019
- 20/01/2019
Colchester
Glasgow Film Festival
21/01/2019
- 22/01/2019
Glasgow
Triskel Arts Centre
29/11/2018
- 29/11/2018
Cork
HOME
17/01/2019
- 17/01/2019
Manchester
Showroom Workstation
09/12/2018
- 09/12/2018
Sheffield
Queen's Film Theatre
28/11/2018
- 28/11/2018
Belfast
Towner Eastbourne
28/04/2019
- 28/04/2019
Eastbourne
Watershed
26/11/2018
- 26/11/2018
Bristol
Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander
Margarethe von Trotta’s remarkable biopic explores one of the most fascinating figures in modern European political history. Having fought for women’s rights and to revolutionise the state in early 20th century Poland and Germany, Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) formed the famous Spartacist League, later the Communist Party of Germany before her murder in Berlin aged 47.
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, Luxemburg’s character comes alive on screen with more depth and complexity than her public image as a militant revolutionary might lead us to believe.
Initially a Fassbinder project, von Trotta became obsessed with Luxemburg’s character after he died in 1982. After researching over 2,500 of Luxemburg’s writings and speeches, she completely rewrote the original script and it shows – the final film feels stunningly authentic, her own vision from beginning to end.
