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.
Cast
Günther Simon
as Ernst Thälmann
Hans-Peter Minetti
as Fiete Jansen
Karla Runkehl
as Änne Jansen
Michel Piccoli
as Maurice Rouger
Werner Peters
as Quadde
Fred Delmare
as Soldat
Paul R. Henker
as
Hans Wehrl
as
Karl Brenk
as
Gerd Wehr
as
