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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)

★ 7.1/10 140 min History, Drama East Germany German
Director: Kurt Maetzig
Streaming: Not available

Description

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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Günther Simon
Günther Simon Ernst Thälmann
Hans-Peter Minetti
Hans-Peter Minetti Fiete Jansen
Karla Runkehl
Karla Runkehl Änne Jansen
Michel Piccoli
Michel Piccoli Maurice Rouger
Werner Peters
Werner Peters Quadde
Fred Delmare
Fred Delmare Soldat
Paul R. Henker
Paul R. Henker
Hans Wehrl

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