Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class (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.

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  • Release Date: 1954-03-09
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Director: Kurt Maetzig

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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

  • Oskar Neugebauer

    Eddi

  • Paul Funk

    Paul

  • Leonid Ritter

    Sowjetischer Matrose

  • Alexej Plesnizow

    Vertreter der Petrograder Gewerkschaften

  • Charlotte Küter

    Frau mit Revolver

  • Jean Brahn

    Polizist

  • Walter Lendrich

    Häftling

  • Willi Narloch

    ZK-Vertreter

  • Harry Studt

    Oberst im Geheimdienst

  • Axel Triebel

    General

  • Harro ten Brook

    General

  • Hans Fiebrandt

    Frontsoldat

  • Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz

    Geschäftsführer im Kaiserhof

  • Wolf von Beneckendorff

    Russischer Emmigrant

  • Ludwig Sachs

    Spitzel

  • Dorothea Thiesing

    Gemüsefrau

  • Friedrich Gnaß

    Hauswirt

  • Rudolf Fleck

    Gefängniswärter

  • Kurt Sperling

    Gewehrzähler

  • Eberhard Kratz

    Reichswehroffizier

  • Hans Rose

    Erster Arbeiter

  • Carl Lange

    Zweiter Arbeiter

  • Hermann Stetza

    Dritter Arbeiter

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