
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.
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
October 6, 1955
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Cast (26)

Günther Simon
Ernst Thälmann

Hans-Peter Minetti
Fiete Jansen

Karla Runkehl
Änne Jansen

Michel Piccoli
Maurice Rouger

Werner Peters
Quadde

Fred Delmare
Soldat

Paul R. Henker
N/A

Hans Wehrl
N/A

Karl Brenk
N/A

Gerd Wehr
N/A

Walter Martin
N/A

Theo Shall
N/A

Carla Hoffmann
N/A

Angela Brunner
N/A

Erich Franz
N/A

Erika Dunkelmann
N/A

Herbert Richter
N/A

Georges Stanescu
N/A

Fritz Diez
Hitler

Kurt Wetzel
Göring

Erich Brauer
N/A

Will van Deeg
Himmler
Crew (8)
Directing

Kurt Maetzig
Director
Writing
Production
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Wilhelm Neef
Music
Art
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Horst E. Brandt
Cinematography

Karl Plintzner
Cinematography
Editing

Lena Neumann
Editor