Lyudmila Kasyanova

Alfonso Quijano, un fier hidalgo, a lu tellement de livres de chevalerie qu'il finit par se prendre pour Don Quichotte de la Mancha. Accompagné par son fidèle ami et écuyer Sancho Panza, le señor Quijano parcourt la campagne de son pays à cheval à la recherche d'actions héroïques à effectuer. Au cours de leur périple, ils sauvent par hasard une belle jeune femme, la gente demoiselle Altisidora. Celle-ci, amusée par ces deux étranges personnages, les invitent à la cour. Plus tard, Don Quichotte va libérer des prisonniers et se battre contre des moulins qu'il croît être des créatures magiques.

This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary Social Democrat, workers’ leader and a virulent antimilitarist, is one among 110 SPD members of Parliament who vote against approving war loans. From then on, he is considered un-German and a traitor to the fatherland, and his own party’s leadership turns against him. Despite threats, Liebknecht speaks up against the war and writes the manifesto “The Main Enemy Is at Home.” Even when he is arrested and charged with treason, he does not surrender.

October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich in vain sends its last reserves to the slaughter. The working class is in a rebellious mood; the uprising of Kiel’s sailors against war and militarism sets off a call for revolution led by Liebknecht. On November 9, Liebknecht declares the Free Socialist Republic of Germany. But pro-Kaiser military and right wing Social Democrats oppose him.

In the house of goldmaker Tikhon Kondratievich Molokov, carnival is celebrated noisily, on a grand scale, with gypsies. Everyone drank pretty, and when the mayor tried to “seduce” the owner’s daughter Anisya, the girl’s father broke his nose. Frightened by the consequences of this incident, Tikhon Kondratievich decided to flee the city.