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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

★ 7.1/10 · 8 votes 1955 2h 20m Released

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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.

Cast

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