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.
Kurt Maetzig
Director, Writer
Willi Bredel
Writer
Michael Tschesno-Hell
Writer
Günther Simon
Ernst Thälmann
Hans-Peter Minetti
Fiete Jansen
Karla Runkehl
Änne Jansen
Michel Piccoli
Maurice Rouger
Werner Peters
Quadde
Fred Delmare
Soldat
Paul R. Henker
Hans Wehrl
Karl Brenk
Rosa Luxemburg65%
Nuremberg75%
Der Untergang78%
Truth & Treason80%
Schindler's List85%
The Way Back69%
Lee69%
Night Crossing62%
Das Leben der Anderen80%
Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage71%
Conspiracy72%
Good60%
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin68%
Nackt unter Wölfen73%
Anthropoid71%
Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert68%
Die bleierne Zeit69%
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl72%
Führer und Verführer67%
Europa Europa73%
