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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)

Drama History
Release Date: 1955, October 6
Directors: Kurt Maetzig
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Werner Peters, Fred Delmare, Hans-Peter Minetti, Günther Simon, Karla Runkehl, Fritz Diez, Kurt Wetzel, Will van Deeg

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.

Keywords:

biography communism anti-fascism working class socialism german democratic republic proletarian proletariat thälmann