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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
1955, Oct 06
2h 20m
This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn, 1918: Somewhere on Germany’s western front, Ernst Thälmann, age twenty-four, is calling on his fellow soldiers to put down their guns and join him in the communist struggle at home. When Hamburg’s Police Commissioner blocks a much-needed food shipment to the workers of Petrograd, Ernst battles to see it allowed through. Until his murder on August 18, 1944, Ernst remained true to his political convictions in the face of many setbacks.
Directed by
Kurt Maetzig
Written by
Kurt Maetzig, Michael Tschesno-Hell, Willi Bredel
Michel Piccoli
Maurice Rouger
Fred Delmare
Soldat
Werner Peters
Quadde
Fritz Diez
Hitler
Werner Senftleben
Karl Brenk
Angela Brunner
Günther Simon
Ernst Thälmann
Herbert Richter
Erika Dunkelmann
Raimund Schelcher
Erich Franz
Theo Shall
Hans-Peter Minetti
Fiete Jansen
Karla Runkehl
Änne Jansen
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Erich Brauer
Paul R. Henker
Hans Wehrl
Gerd Wehr
Walter Martin
Carla Hoffmann
Georges Stanescu
Kurt Wetzel
Göring
Fred Kötteritzsch
Will van Deeg
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