Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
1955 · 140 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · DIR. Kurt Maetzig
Overview
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.
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00:01:08 ERNST THELMAN THE LEADER OF HIS CLASS
00:10:28 Better leave the wits behind, eh?
00:15:48 Let's go
00:20:30 We must strike.
00:24:23 Tear down Versailles and beat the strict plan.
00:28:48 I'm not voting for Telman.
00:34:35 Comrade Severin would do well to give weapons to the workers.
00:39:24 Comrades, today we have a conference
00:46:20 We can live like brothers.
00:51:08 I can't stand this.
00:55:26 See what Hitler can do when he takes office.
00:58:53 You shouldn't leave her alone.
01:03:18 he made me head of state.
01:07:30 Let's vote as one in this meeting. Nazi politics is a dirty scandal.
01:12:15 Later...
01:19:09 I'm going to Spain
01:24:41 This is...
01:29:17 Equipment No. 3 of the third Eastern project was ready to be loaded into the car,
01:34:49 Sorry.
01:40:56 The Sixth Army was destroyed at Stalingrad.
01:47:54 Try to save Raul.
01:54:09 Why do not you do it;
02:01:31 That's why they stopped the bombing.
02:11:04 In the fight for the liberation of humanity!
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