Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
06/10/1955
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.
Movie Information
Günther Simon
as Ernst Thälmann
Hans-Peter Minetti
as Fiete Jansen
Karla Runkehl
as Änne Jansen
Michel Piccoli
as Maurice Rouger
Werner Peters
as Quadde
Fred Delmare
as Soldat
Paul R. Henker
as
Hans Wehrl
as
Karl Brenk
as
Gerd Wehr
as
Walter Martin
as
Theo Shall
as
Carla Hoffmann
as
Angela Brunner
as
Erich Franz
as
Erika Dunkelmann
as
Raimund Schelcher
as
Herbert Richter
as
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
as
Georges Stanescu
as
Fritz Diez
as Hitler
Kurt Wetzel
as Göring
Erich Brauer
as
Fred Kötteritzsch
as
Werner Senftleben
as
Will van Deeg
as Himmler
