Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

1955 de 140 minutes

Rating: 7

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

Günther Simon

Ernst Thälmann

Hans-Peter Minetti

Hans-Peter Minetti

Fiete Jansen

Karla Runkehl

Karla Runkehl

Änne Jansen

Michel Piccoli

Michel Piccoli

Maurice Rouger

Werner Peters

Werner Peters

Quadde

Fred Delmare

Fred Delmare

Soldat

Paul R. Henker

Paul R. Henker

Hans Wehrl

Hans Wehrl

Karl Brenk

Karl Brenk

Gerd Wehr

Gerd Wehr

Walter Martin

Walter Martin

Theo Shall

Theo Shall

Carla Hoffmann

Carla Hoffmann

Angela Brunner

Angela Brunner

Erich Franz

Erich Franz

Erika Dunkelmann

Erika Dunkelmann

Raimund Schelcher

Raimund Schelcher

Herbert Richter

Herbert Richter

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Georges Stanescu

Georges Stanescu

Fritz Diez

Fritz Diez

Hitler

Kurt Wetzel

Kurt Wetzel

Göring

Erich Brauer

Erich Brauer

Fred Kötteritzsch

Fred Kötteritzsch

Werner Senftleben

Werner Senftleben

Will van Deeg

Will van Deeg

Himmler

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