Ernst Thälmann Release date: 1986-02-07 Genres: Drama, History Actors: Matthias Freihof, Jörg Schüttauf, Christine Schorn, Wolfgang Greese, Jan Josef Liefers, Stefan Lisewski, Petra Hinze, Renate Geißler, Helga Göring, Jürgen Reuter, Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Hartmut Beer, Klaus Gehrke, Roland Kuchenbuch, Bruno Carstens, Frank-Otto Schenk, Willi Neuenhahn, Klaus Tilsner, Wilfried Pucher, Janina Hartwig, Günter Junghans, Günter Grabbert, Wolfgang Winkler, Hans-Joachim Entrich, Horst Kotterba, Monika Hetterle, Hildegard Alex, Gerd Preusche, Fred Delmare, Peter Friedrichson, Hans-Peter Reinecke, Peter Sodann, Hanns-Jörn Weber, Arno Wyzniewski, Günter Drescher, Walter Plathe, Jaecki Schwarz, Achim Petry, Klaus Mertens, Jürgen Trott, Gerd Klotzek, Peter Pauli, Hansjürgen Hürrig, Manfred Zetzsche, Jürgen Zartmann, Erik Veldre, Werner Dissel, Jalda Rebling, Marian Kociniak, Günter Wolf, Alfred Struwe, Harry Merkel, Friedhelm Eberle, Albert Hetterle, Peter Kalisch, Gerald Schaale, Annemone Haase, Gerd Staiger, Peer-Uwe Teska, Hans-Joachim Leschnitz, Reinhard Michalke, Willi Schrade, Hans Jochen Röhrig, Evelyn Opoczynski, Margot Busse, Gert Gütschow, Armin Mechsner, Heinz-Dieter Knaup, Iris Bohnau, Ulrike Hanke-Haensch, Horst Manz, Jürgen Polzin, Manfred Gorr, Helmut Schellhardt, Peter Hladik, Eckhard Bilz, Jörg Knochée, Maxi Biewer, Ulrich Teschner, Werner Godemann, Cornelia Hudl, Joachim Schönitz, Gottfried Richter, Dieter Memel, Manfred Borges, Detlef Gieß, Christian Balhaus, Mathias Kunze, Erika Straßburger Direction: Hans Knötzsch, Fritz Bornemann Runtime: 3 h. 50 min. Score: 0.0/10 Votes: 0 Countries: East Germany, Germany Companies: DEFA, Fernsehen der DDR Overview: 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.
