Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class by Kurt Maetzig

5.10

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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Cast

Günther Simon

Günther Simon as Ernst Thälmann

Hans-Peter Minetti

Hans-Peter Minetti as Fiete Jansen

Erich Franz

Erich Franz as Arthur Vierbreiter

Erika Dunkelmann

Erika Dunkelmann as Martha Vierbreiter

Johannes Arpe

Johannes Arpe as Höhn

Raimund Schelcher

Raimund Schelcher as Krischan Daik

Karla Runkehl

Karla Runkehl as Änne Harms

Gerhard Bienert

Gerhard Bienert as Otto Kramer

Robert Trösch

Robert Trösch as Kuddel Riemöller

Wolf Kaiser

Wolf Kaiser as Major Zinker

Werner Peters

Werner Peters as Hauptmann Quadde

Martin Flörchinger

Martin Flörchinger as Karl Liebknecht

Steffie Spira

Steffie Spira as Clara Zetkin

Hans Flössel

Hans Flössel as Scheidemann

Walter E. Fuß

Walter E. Fuß as Karl Borns

Rudolf Klix

Rudolf Klix as Willbrandt

Hans Klering

Hans Klering as Asmussen

Gerhard Lau

Gerhard Lau as Hein Heber

Sergei Kalinin

Sergei Kalinin as Sowjetischer Kapitän

Werner Pledath

Werner Pledath as Hauck

Karl Kendzia

Karl Kendzia as Adolf Wahlkeit

Carla Hoffmann

Carla Hoffmann as Rosa Thälmann

Judith Harms

Judith Harms as Rosa Luxemburg

Peter Schorn

Peter Schorn as Lenin

Karl Weber

Karl Weber as Friedrich Ebert

Oswald Foerderer

Oswald Foerderer as Martin Bünse

Lotte Loebinger

Lotte Loebinger as Emma Kramer

Wilfried Ortmann

Wilfried Ortmann as Hannes Harms

Hans-Edgar Stecher

Hans-Edgar Stecher as Peter Brinkmann

Gerd Jäger

Gerd Jäger as Josef Wissarionowitsch Stalin

Karl Eugen Lehnkering

Karl Eugen Lehnkering as Gustav Stresemann

Joe Münch-Harris

Joe Münch-Harris as Gustav Noske

Arthur Pieck

Arthur Pieck as Wilhelm Pieck

Hermann Dieckhoff

Hermann Dieckhoff as Dr. Matthies

Erich Brauer

Erich Brauer as Freese

Wilhelm Gröhl

Wilhelm Gröhl as Brandler

Otto Ernst Tickardt

Otto Ernst Tickardt as Mahlmann

Willi Schwabe

Willi Schwabe as Berber

Harry Preuß

Harry Preuß as Tarnow

Nico Turoff

Nico Turoff as Brandler

Ursula Röschmann

Ursula Röschmann as Frau Harms

Kurt Dunkelmann

Kurt Dunkelmann as Trenow

Günther Polensen

Günther Polensen as Bauer

Sonja Haacker

Sonja Haacker as Freese

Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt

Wilhelm Otto Eckhardt as Puttkamp

Frithjof Rüde

Frithjof Rüde as General Vogt

Adolf Peter Hoffmann

Adolf Peter Hoffmann as Alland

Erich Mirek

Erich Mirek as Karl

Alfred Bohl

Alfred Bohl as Walter

Karl Brenk

Karl Brenk as Hinnerk

Oskar Neugebauer

Oskar Neugebauer as Eddi

Paul Funk

Paul Funk as Paul

Leonid Ritter

Leonid Ritter as Sowjetischer Matrose

Alexej Plesnizow

Alexej Plesnizow as Vertreter der Petrograder Gewerkschaften

Charlotte Küter

Charlotte Küter as Frau mit Revolver

Jean Brahn

Jean Brahn as Polizist

Walter Lendrich

Walter Lendrich as Häftling

Willi Narloch

Willi Narloch as ZK-Vertreter

Harry Studt

Harry Studt as Oberst im Geheimdienst

Axel Triebel

Axel Triebel as General

Harro ten Brook

Harro ten Brook as General

Hans Fiebrandt

Hans Fiebrandt as Frontsoldat

Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz

Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz as Geschäftsführer im Kaiserhof

Wolf von Beneckendorff

Wolf von Beneckendorff as Russischer Emmigrant

Ludwig Sachs

Ludwig Sachs as Spitzel

Dorothea Thiesing

Dorothea Thiesing as Gemüsefrau

Friedrich Gnaß

Friedrich Gnaß as Hauswirt

Rudolf Fleck

Rudolf Fleck as Gefängniswärter

Kurt Sperling

Kurt Sperling as Gewehrzähler

Eberhard Kratz

Eberhard Kratz as Reichswehroffizier

Hans Rose

Hans Rose as Erster Arbeiter

Carl Lange

Carl Lange as Zweiter Arbeiter

Hermann Stetza

Hermann Stetza as Dritter Arbeiter

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