Kurt Maetzig
Director
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)
Overview
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.70%
Cast
Günther Simon
Ernst Thälmann
Hans-Peter Minetti
Fiete Jansen
Karla Runkehl
Änne Jansen
Michel Piccoli
Maurice Rouger
Werner Peters
Quadde
Fred Delmare
Soldat
Paul R. Henker
Hans Wehrl
Karl Brenk
Gerd Wehr
Walter Martin
Theo Shall
Günther Simon
Ernst Thälmann
Hans-Peter Minetti
Fiete Jansen
Karla Runkehl
Änne Jansen
Michel Piccoli
Maurice Rouger
Werner Peters
Quadde
Fred Delmare
Soldat
Paul R. Henker
Hans Wehrl
Karl Brenk
Gerd Wehr
Walter Martin
Theo Shall
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Release Date
October 6, 1955Original Language
German, Russian, FrenchBudget
$0.00Production Company
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