Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (1954)

ALL 03/09/1954 (de) History, Drama 124 Min
  • Release
    03/09/1954
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Rotten tomato
    44%
  • Original title
    Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Kurt Maetzig

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Lena Neumann

    Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Günther Simon

    Ernst Thälmann

  2. Hans-Peter Minetti

    Fiete Jansen

  3. Erich Franz

    Arthur Vierbreiter

  4. Erika Dunkelmann

    Martha Vierbreiter

  5. Johannes Arpe

    Höhn

  6. Raimund Schelcher

    Krischan Daik

  7. Karla Runkehl

    Änne Harms

  8. Gerhard Bienert

    Otto Kramer

  9. Robert Trösch

    Kuddel Riemöller

  10. Wolf Kaiser

    Major Zinker

  11. Werner Peters

    Hauptmann Quadde

  12. Martin Flörchinger

    Karl Liebknecht

  13. Steffie Spira

    Clara Zetkin

  14. Hans Flössel

    Scheidemann

  15. Walter E. Fuß

    Karl Borns

  16. Rudolf Klix

    Willbrandt

  17. Hans Klering

    Asmussen

  18. Gerhard Lau

    Hein Heber

  19. Sergei Kalinin

    Sowjetischer Kapitän

  20. Werner Pledath

    Hauck

  21. Karl Kendzia

    Adolf Wahlkeit

  22. Carla Hoffmann

    Rosa Thälmann

  23. Judith Harms

    Rosa Luxemburg

  24. Peter Schorn

    Lenin

  25. Karl Weber

    Friedrich Ebert

  26. Oswald Foerderer

    Martin Bünse

  27. Lotte Loebinger

    Emma Kramer

  28. Wilfried Ortmann

    Hannes Harms

  29. Hans-Edgar Stecher

    Peter Brinkmann

  30. Gerd Jäger

    Josef Wissarionowitsch Stalin

  31. Karl Eugen Lehnkering

    Gustav Stresemann

  32. Joe Münch-Harris

    Gustav Noske

  33. Arthur Pieck

    Wilhelm Pieck

  34. Hermann Dieckhoff

    Dr. Matthies

  35. Erich Brauer

    Freese

  36. Wilhelm Gröhl

    Brandler

  37. Otto Ernst Tickardt

    Mahlmann

  38. Willi Schwabe

    Berber

  39. Harry Preuß

    Tarnow

  40. Nico Turoff

    Brandler

  41. Ursula Röschmann

    Frau Harms

  42. Kurt Dunkelmann

    Trenow

  43. Günther Polensen

    Bauer

  44. Sonja Haacker

    Freese

  45. Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt

    Puttkamp

  46. Frithjof Rüde

    General Vogt

  47. Adolf Peter Hoffmann

    Alland

  48. Erich Mirek

    Karl

  49. Alfred Bohl

    Walter

  50. Karl Brenk

    Hinnerk

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 73 , Crews : 9

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Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (1954) 124 Min

ALL 03/09/1954 (de)
History, Drama
  • Release 03/09/1954
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Original title Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Kurt Maetzig

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Lena Neumann

    Editor

  4. Producer