Description
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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Release Date1954
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Runtime2 hr 4 min
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Languagede
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Rating5.1 (8)
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Genres
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DirectorKurt Maetzig
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CastGünther SimonHans-Peter MinettiErich FranzErika DunkelmannJohannes ArpeRaimund SchelcherKarla RunkehlGerhard BienertRobert TröschWolf KaiserWerner PetersMartin FlörchingerSteffie SpiraHans FlösselWalter E. FußRudolf KlixHans KleringGerhard LauСергей КалининWerner PledathKarl KendziaCarla HoffmannJudith HarmsPeter SchornKarl WeberOswald FoerdererLotte LoebingerWilfried OrtmannHans-Edgar StecherGerd JägerKarl Eugen LehnkeringJoe Münch-HarrisArthur PieckHermann DieckhoffErich BrauerWilhelm GröhlOtto Ernst TickardtWilli SchwabeHarry PreußNico TuroffUrsula RöschmannKurt DunkelmannGünther PolensenSonja HaackerWilhelm Otto EckhardtFrithjof RüdeAdolf Peter HoffmannErich MirekAlfred BohlKarl BrenkOskar NeugebauerPaul FunkLeonid RitterAlexej PlesnizowCharlotte KüterJean BrahnWalter LendrichWilli NarlochHarry StudtAxel TriebelHarro ten BrookHans FiebrandtWilhelm Hinrich HoltzWolf von BeneckendorffLudwig SachsDorothea ThiesingFriedrich GnaßRudolf FleckKurt SperlingEberhard KratzHans RoseCarl LangeHermann Stetza
