Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (1954)
2h 4m
Running Time
March 9, 1954Release Date
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (1954)
2h 4m
Running Time
March 9, 1954Release Date
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Plot.
This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early November 1918, Ernst Thälmann is an unwilling soldier serving on the western front. As the revolutionary movement at home is threatened by the betrayal of the Social Democrats and fissures in the working class, Thälmann calls on his fellow soldiers to put down their weapons and unite with the workers in the communist struggle at home. Thälmann’s qualms about which side he is fighting on continue, but when the local police attempt to prevent a shipment of provisions and supplies from reaching the people in Petrograd, he intervenes and the ship is unloaded. With this moment of clarity, Thälmann continues to follow his political convictions and joins the workers at the Hamburg uprising in October 1923.
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Cast & Crew.

Günther Simon
Ernst Thälmann

Hans-Peter Minetti
Fiete Jansen

Erich Franz
Arthur Vierbreiter

Erika Dunkelmann
Martha Vierbreiter

Johannes Arpe
Höhn

Raimund Schelcher
Krischan Daik

Karla Runkehl
Änne Harms

Gerhard Bienert
Otto Kramer

Robert Trösch
Kuddel Riemöller

Wolf Kaiser
Major Zinker

Werner Peters
Hauptmann Quadde

Martin Flörchinger
Karl Liebknecht

Steffie Spira
Clara Zetkin

Hans Flössel
Scheidemann

Walter E. Fuß
Karl Borns

Rudolf Klix
Willbrandt

Hans Klering
Asmussen

Gerhard Lau
Hein Heber

Sergei Kalinin
Sowjetischer Kapitän

Werner Pledath
Hauck

Karl Kendzia
Adolf Wahlkeit

Carla Hoffmann
Rosa Thälmann

Judith Harms
Rosa Luxemburg

Peter Schorn
Lenin

Karl Weber
Friedrich Ebert

Oswald Foerderer
Martin Bünse

Lotte Loebinger
Emma Kramer

Wilfried Ortmann
Hannes Harms

Hans-Edgar Stecher
Peter Brinkmann

Gerd Jäger
Josef Wissarionowitsch Stalin

Karl Eugen Lehnkering
Gustav Stresemann

Joe Münch-Harris
Gustav Noske

Arthur Pieck
Wilhelm Pieck

Hermann Dieckhoff
Dr. Matthies

Erich Brauer
Freese

Wilhelm Gröhl
Brandler

Otto Ernst Tickardt
Mahlmann

Willi Schwabe
Berber

Harry Preuß
Tarnow

Nico Turoff
Brandler

Ursula Röschmann
Frau Harms

Kurt Dunkelmann
Trenow

Günther Polensen
Bauer

Sonja Haacker
Freese

Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt
Puttkamp

Frithjof Rüde
General Vogt

Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Alland

Erich Mirek
Karl

Alfred Bohl
Walter

Karl Brenk
Hinnerk

Oskar Neugebauer
Eddi

Paul Funk
Paul

Leonid Ritter
Sowjetischer Matrose

Alexej Plesnizow
Vertreter der Petrograder Gewerkschaften

Charlotte Küter
Frau mit Revolver

Jean Brahn
Polizist

Walter Lendrich
Häftling

Willi Narloch
ZK-Vertreter

Harry Studt
Oberst im Geheimdienst

Axel Triebel
General

Harro ten Brook
General

Hans Fiebrandt
Frontsoldat

Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz
Geschäftsführer im Kaiserhof

Wolf von Beneckendorff
Russischer Emmigrant

Ludwig Sachs
Spitzel

Dorothea Thiesing
Gemüsefrau

Friedrich Gnaß
Hauswirt

Rudolf Fleck
Gefängniswärter

Kurt Sperling
Gewehrzähler

Eberhard Kratz
Reichswehroffizier

Hans Rose
Erster Arbeiter

Carl Lange
Zweiter Arbeiter

Hermann Stetza
Dritter Arbeiter

Kurt Maetzig
Director

Willi Bredel
Writer

Michael Tschesno-Hell
Writer

Lena Neumann
Editor

Wilhelm Neef
Music

Karl Plintzner
Director of Photography

Otto Erdmann
Production Design

Willy Schiller
Art Direction

Gerhard Kaddatz
Costume Design
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 9, 1954
Original NameErnst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 4m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
communism
german democratic republic
socialism
working class
thälmann
proletarian
anti-fascist
proletariat
Wiki.
Ernst Thälmann is an East German propaganda film in two parts about the life of Ernst Thälmann, leader of the Communist Party of Germany during much of the Weimar Republic, directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Günther Simon in the title role. The first part, Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (Son of his Class), was released in 1954. It was followed by the 1955 sequel. Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (Leader of his Class).
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