Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse (1955) - film review
Kurt Maetzig
Drama

Summary
Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse is a film first released in 1955,
directed by Kurt Maetzig.
The film stars Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti, Karla Runkehl, Paul R. Henker and Hans Wehrl.
It has also been released under the title: Ernst Thaelmann.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Kurt Maetzig
- Script: Willi Bredel, Michael Tschesno-Hell
- Cast: Günther Simon (Ernst Thälmann), Hans-Peter Minetti (Fiete Jansen), Karla Runkehl (Änne Jansen), Paul R. Henker (Robert Dirhagen), Hans Wehrl (Wilhelm Pieck), Karl Brenk (Walter Ulbricht), Gerd Wehr (Wilhelm Florin), Walter Martin (Hermann Matern), Theo Shall (Marcel Cachin), Georges Stanescu (Georgi Dimitroff), Nikolai Krjutschkow (Sowjetischer panzeroberst), Carla Hoffmann (Rosa Thälmann), Angela Brunner (Irma Thälmann), Erich Franz (Arthur Vierbreiter), Erika Dunkelmann (Martha Vierbreiter), Raimund Schelcher (Krischan Daik), Herbert Richter (Kruczinski), Michel Piccoli (Rouger), Wilhelm Koch-Hooge (Hauptmann Schröder), Paul Pfingst (Kulle)
- Country: East Germany
- Language: German
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: Ernst Thaelmann
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