Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
09/03/1954
2h 4m



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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.
Cast


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
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