Plot Summary

This elaborate two-part television film features a section from the life of communist worker leader Ernst Thälmann. It begins with the bloody riots on May 1, 1929 in Berlin, in which police officers shot at demonstrating workers, and ends with February 7, 1933, when Thälmann appeared as a speaker at the illegal meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany in goat neck. This period was marked by the struggle of the Communists against the ever stronger National Socialists and the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Movie Details

Original Title
Ernst Thälmann
Status
released
Original Language
de

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Cast

Helmut Schellhardt as Ernst Thälmann

Helmut Schellhardt

Ernst Thälmann

Christine Schorn as Rosa Thälmann

Christine Schorn

Rosa Thälmann

Günter Grabbert as Wilhelm Pieck

Günter Grabbert

Wilhelm Pieck

Peter Sodann as

Peter Sodann

Marian Kociniak as

Marian Kociniak

Hartmut Beer as

Hartmut Beer

Wilfried Pucher as

Wilfried Pucher

Hildegard Alex as

Hildegard Alex

Christian Balhaus as

Christian Balhaus

Maxi Biewer as

Maxi Biewer

Eckhard Bilz as

Eckhard Bilz

Iris Bohnau as

Iris Bohnau

Manfred Borges as

Manfred Borges

Fritz Bornemann as

Fritz Bornemann

Margot Busse as

Margot Busse

Bruno Carstens as

Bruno Carstens

Fred Delmare as

Fred Delmare

Werner Dissel as Emil Kirdorf

Werner Dissel

Emil Kirdorf

Günter Drescher as

Günter Drescher

Friedhelm Eberle as

Friedhelm Eberle

Production Companies

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