Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955) [N/A]
Featuring:
Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti, Karla Runkehl
Written by:
Willi Bredel
Michael Tschesno-Hell
Directed by:
Kurt Maetzig
Release Date:
October 6, 1955
Original Title:
Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse
Alternate Titles:
Ernst Thälmann – Lãnh đạo của Giai cấp mình
Ernst Thälmann – Líder de su clase
Ernst Thälmann: Leader of His Class
Эрнст Тельман – вождь своего класса
Genres:
Drama | History
Production Companies:
DEFA
Production Countries:
East Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 140
This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn, 1918: Somewhere on Germany’s western front, Ernst Thälmann, age twenty-four, is calling on his fellow soldiers to put down their guns and join him in the communist struggle at home. When Hamburg’s Police Commissioner blocks a much-needed food shipment to the workers of Petrograd, Ernst battles to see it allowed through. Until his murder on August 18, 1944, Ernst remained true to his political convictions in the face of many setbacks.
The second part of the Ernst Thaelmann films encompasses the time period between 1930 and Thaelmann's murder in 1944. It shows Thaelmann's battle to achieve a united front with all German workers against the National Socialists, his arrest following Hitler's seizure of power and the eleven years of his incarceration, in which he unwaveringly clings to his beliefs until his death. An attempt to free him on the part of his comrades ends disastrously, and a corrupt offer of freedom from Goering himself receives Thaelmann's refusal. He must also witness how his brave fellow socialist Aenne Jansen in the women's prison across from his tragically loses her life during a bombing raid. The second primary character of the film is Aenne's husband Fiete Jansen, who already proved his loyalty to Thaelmann's side as a friend and fighter in the first part. As the commander of the Thaelmann Batallion, he fights in Spain on the side of the people and later in the ranks of the Red Army toward a speedy end to the war against fascism.
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