
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (1954)
Overview
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.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | de |
Popularity | 0.733 |
Directed By
Kurt Maetzig
Crew
Kurt Maetzig
Lena Neumann
Willi Bredel
Wilhelm Neef
Michael Tschesno-Hell
Otto Erdmann
Gerhard Kaddatz
Karl Plintzner
Willy Schiller
TOP 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