Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse
Release: 1955-10-06
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 7.0
History
Drama
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Angela Brunner
Raimund Schelcher
Erich Brauer
Hans-Peter Minetti
as Fiete Jansen
Karl Brenk
Günther Simon
as Ernst Thälmann
Karla Runkehl
as Änne Jansen
Erika Dunkelmann
Fritz Diez
as Hitler
Werner Senftleben
Michel Piccoli
as Maurice Rouger
Fred Delmare
as Soldat
Theo Shall
Erich Franz
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Werner Peters
as Quadde
Paul R. Henker
