Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (1954)

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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	Günther Simon	As: Ernst Thälmann
	Hans-Peter Minetti	As: Fiete Jansen
	Erich Franz	As: Arthur Vierbreiter
	Erika Dunkelmann	As: Martha Vierbreiter
	Johannes Arpe	As: Höhn

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Genres: History, Drama

Language: Deutsch, Pусский

Release Date: 09 March 1954

Country: XG

Runtime: 124m

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Company: DEFA

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	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