Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

Part of Ernst Thälmann Collection

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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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Creators

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Kurt Maetzig

director

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Kurt Maetzig

writer

Willi Bredel

writer

Michael Tschesno-Hell

writer

Cast

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Günther Simon actor Hans-Peter Minetti actor

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Karla Runkehl actor Michel Piccoli actor Werner Peters actor

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Fred Delmare actor

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Paul R. Henker actor

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Hans Wehrl actor

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Karl Brenk actor

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Gerd Wehr actor

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Walter Martin actor

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Theo Shall actor

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Carla Hoffmann actor

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Angela Brunner actor Erich Franz actor

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Erika Dunkelmann actor Raimund Schelcher actor

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Herbert Richter actor

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Wilhelm Koch-Hooge actor

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Georges Stanescu actor