Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Günther Simon

Ernst Thälmann

Age : 47 | Popularity : 7%

Hans-Peter Minetti

Fiete Jansen

Age : 80 | Popularity : 6%

Karla Runkehl

Änne Jansen

Age : 56 | Popularity : 3%

Michel Piccoli

Maurice Rouger

Age : 94 | Popularity : 13%

Werner Peters

Quadde

Age : 52 | Popularity : 5%

Fred Delmare

Soldat

Age : 87 | Popularity : 5%

Paul R. Henker

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hans Wehrl

Age : 90 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Kurt Maetzig
Writing	Writer	Kurt Maetzig Michael Tschesno-Hell Willi Bredel
Sound	Music	Wilhelm Neef
Editing	Editor	Lena Neumann
Crew	Cinematography	Karl Plintzner Horst E. Brandt
Department	Role	Name

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