Release Date

06 Oct, 1955

Runtime

02:20: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse

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Actors

Günther Simon

Hans-Peter Minetti

Karla Runkehl

Michel Piccoli

Werner Peters

Fred Delmare

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

Crew

Kurt Maetzig

Lena Neumann

Willi Bredel

Karl Plintzner

Horst E. Brandt

Michael Tschesno-Hell

Wilhelm Neef

Kurt Maetzig