Ernst Thälmann

The story

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.

Cast

H Helmut SchellhardtErnst Thälmann C Christine SchornRosa Thälmann G Günter GrabbertWilhelm Pieck P Peter Sodann M Marian Kociniak H Hartmut Beer W Wilfried Pucher H Hildegard Alex C Christian Balhaus M Maxi Biewer E Eckhard Bilz I Iris Bohnau

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M Manfred Borges F Fritz Bornemann M Margot Busse B Bruno Carstens F Fred Delmare W Werner DisselEmil Kirdorf G Günter Drescher F Friedhelm Eberle H Hans-Joachim Entrich M Matthias Freihof P Peter Friedrichson K Klaus Gehrke R Renate Geißler D Detlef Gieß W Werner Godemann M Manfred Gorr W Wolfgang Greese H Helga Göring G Gert Gütschow A Annemone Haase U Ulrike Hanke-Haensch J Janina Hartwig A Albert Hetterle M Monika Hetterle P Petra Hinze P Peter HladikRudolf Heß C Cornelia Hudl H Hansjürgen Hürrig G Günter Junghans P Peter Kalisch G Gerd Klotzek H Heinz-Dieter Knaup J Jörg Knochée H Hans Knötzsch H Horst Kotterba R Roland Kuchenbuch M Mathias Kunze H Hans-Joachim Leschnitz J Jan Josef Liefers S Stefan Lisewski H Horst Manz A Armin Mechsner D Dieter Memel H Harry Merkel K Klaus Mertens R Reinhard Michalke W Willi Neuenhahn E Evelyn Opoczynski P Peter Pauli A Achim Petry W Walter Plathe J Jürgen Polzin G Gerd Preusche J Jalda Rebling H Hans-Peter Reinecke J Jürgen Reuter G Gottfried Richter H Hans Jochen Röhrig G Gerald Schaale F Frank-Otto Schenk A Andreas Schmidt-Schaller W Willi Schrade J Jaecki Schwarz J Joachim Schönitz J Jörg Schüttauf G Gerd Staiger E Erika Straßburger A Alfred Struwe