Film

Ernst Thälmann

1986 · 3h 50m · Drama · History

This elaborate two-part television film features a section from the life of communist worker leader Ernst Thälmann. It begins with the bloody riots on May 1, 1929 in Berlin, in which police officers shot at demonstrating workers, and ends with February 7, 1933, when Thälmann appeared as a speaker at the illegal meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany in goat neck. This period was marked by the struggle of the Communists against the ever stronger National Socialists and the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Helmut Schellhardt

Ernst Thälmann

Christine Schorn

Rosa Thälmann

Günter Grabbert

Wilhelm Pieck

Peter Sodann

Marian Kociniak

Hartmut Beer

Wilfried Pucher

Hildegard Alex

Christian Balhaus

Maxi Biewer

Eckhard Bilz

Iris Bohnau

Manfred Borges

Fritz Bornemann

Margot Busse

Bruno Carstens

• Georg SchiemannWriter · Director
• Ursula BonhoffDirector
• Erich SelbmannWriter
• Otto BonhoffWriter
• Peter KrauseDirector of Photography
• Jürgen LenzDirector of Photography
• Anneliese Hinze-SokolowaEditor
• Lotti MehnertEditor

Release date

February 7, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

3h 50m

Genres

Drama, History