Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

124 mins | Drama, History | March 9, 1954

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.

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

124 mins | Drama, History | March 9, 1954

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers DEFA
Original title Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse
Directors Kurt Maetzig
Writers Willi Bredel, Michael Tschesno-Hell

Cast

Günther Simon

as Ernst Thälmann

Hans-Peter Minetti

as Fiete Jansen

Erich Franz

as Arthur Vierbreiter

Erika Dunkelmann

as Martha Vierbreiter

Johannes Arpe

as Höhn

Raimund Schelcher

as Krischan Daik

Karla Runkehl

as Änne Harms

Gerhard Bienert

as Otto Kramer

Robert Trösch

as Kuddel Riemöller

Wolf Kaiser

as Major Zinker

Werner Peters

as Hauptmann Quadde

Martin Flörchinger

as Karl Liebknecht

Steffie Spira

as Clara Zetkin

Hans Flössel

as Scheidemann

Walter E. Fuß

as Karl Borns

Rudolf Klix

as Willbrandt

Hans Klering

as Asmussen

Gerhard Lau

as Hein Heber

Sergei Kalinin

as Sowjetischer Kapitän

Werner Pledath

as Hauck

Karl Kendzia

as Adolf Wahlkeit

Carla Hoffmann

as Rosa Thälmann

Judith Harms

as Rosa Luxemburg

Peter Schorn

as Lenin

Karl Weber

as Friedrich Ebert

Oswald Foerderer

as Martin Bünse

Lotte Loebinger

as Emma Kramer

Wilfried Ortmann

as Hannes Harms

Hans-Edgar Stecher

as Peter Brinkmann

Gerd Jäger

as Josef Wissarionowitsch Stalin

Karl Eugen Lehnkering

as Gustav Stresemann

Joe Münch-Harris

as Gustav Noske

Arthur Pieck

as Wilhelm Pieck

Hermann Dieckhoff

as Dr. Matthies

Erich Brauer

as Freese

Wilhelm Gröhl

as Brandler

Otto Ernst Tickardt

as Mahlmann

Willi Schwabe

as Berber

Harry Preuß

as Tarnow

Nico Turoff

as Brandler

Ursula Röschmann

as Frau Harms

Kurt Dunkelmann

as Trenow

Sonja Haacker

as Freese

Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt

as Puttkamp

Frithjof Rüde

as General Vogt

Erich Mirek

as Karl

Alfred Bohl

as Walter

Karl Brenk

as Hinnerk

Paul Funk

as Paul

Leonid Ritter

as Sowjetischer Matrose

Alexej Plesnizow

as Vertreter der Petrograder Gewerkschaften

Charlotte Küter

as Frau mit Revolver

Jean Brahn

as Polizist

Walter Lendrich

as Häftling

Willi Narloch

as ZK-Vertreter

Harry Studt

as Oberst im Geheimdienst

Axel Triebel

as General

Harro ten Brook

as General

Hans Fiebrandt

as Frontsoldat

Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz

as Geschäftsführer im Kaiserhof

Wolf von Beneckendorff

as Russischer Emmigrant

Ludwig Sachs

as Spitzel

Dorothea Thiesing

as Gemüsefrau

Friedrich Gnaß

as Hauswirt

Rudolf Fleck

as Gefängniswärter

Kurt Sperling

as Gewehrzähler

Eberhard Kratz

as Reichswehroffizier

Hans Rose

as Erster Arbeiter

Carl Lange

as Zweiter Arbeiter

Hermann Stetza

as Dritter Arbeiter