
Plot
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.
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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

Carla Hoffmann

Angela Brunner

Erich Franz

Erika Dunkelmann

Raimund Schelcher

Herbert Richter

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Georges Stanescu

Fritz Diez
Hitler

Kurt Wetzel
Göring

Erich Brauer

Fred Kötteritzsch

Werner Senftleben

Will van Deeg
Himmler