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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

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.

Top Cast

  • 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

    Hans Wehrl

  • Karl Brenk

    Karl Brenk

Overview

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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