Ernst Thälmann
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.
About Ernst Thälmann (1986)
Released in 1986, Ernst Thälmann is a drama and history film from DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (East Germany). It was directed by Georg Schiemann and Ursula Bonhoff and written by Georg Schiemann and Erich Selbmann. The cast is led by Helmut Schellhardt, Christine Schorn, Günter Grabbert, Peter Sodann and Marian Kociniak. With a runtime of 3h 50m, the film averages 8.5/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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