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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class is a film of genre Drama directed by Kurt Maetzig with Günther Simon

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
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Length 2h20
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Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical
Rating63% 3.1849053.1849053.1849053.1849053.184905

Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse (« Ernst Thälmann, guide de sa classe » en français) est un film allemand de 1955 réalisé par Kurt Maetzig et produit par la DEFA de République démocratique allemande.

Ce film montre la vie d'Ernst Thälmann, homme politique communiste allemand et fait suite à Sohn seiner Klasse, sorti l'année précédente.

Synopsis

L'action commence en 1930 et se termine par l'assassinat de Thälmann en 1944.

Actors

Günther Simon

(Ernst Thälmann)
Raimund Schelcher

(Krischan Daik)
Michel Piccoli

(Maurice Rouger)
Werner Peters

(Quadde)
Theo Shall

(Marcel Cachin)
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