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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
6.4
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2h 20m
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1955
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.
Cast
![Günther Simon pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fsti941HR8eflY6aeFkXfi1vOSP5.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Günther Simon
Ernst Thälmann
![Hans-Peter Minetti pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F2d2L5sFS59G0awAgfupSje4ki0r.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Hans-Peter Minetti
Fiete Jansen
![Karla Runkehl pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FsvjHeuSsMcvyWeP3RYXDYVpMEzD.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Karla Runkehl
Änne Jansen
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Michel Piccoli
Maurice Rouger
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Werner Peters
Quadde
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Fred Delmare
Soldat
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Paul R. Henker
![Hans Wehrl pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Hans Wehrl
![Karl Brenk pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F95AlLDdJMSUeQYWugY7d9SRoDSa.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Karl Brenk
![Gerd Wehr pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Gerd Wehr
![Walter Martin pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Walter Martin
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Theo Shall
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Carla Hoffmann
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Angela Brunner
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Erich Franz
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