---
title: 'Ernst Thälmann (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kurt Maetzig'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ernst-thalmann-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046958/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ernst Thälmann (1954)

1954 · 127 min · History · German Democratic Republic

Original title: Ernst Thälmann – Sohn seiner Klasse

## Synopsis

Ernst Thälmann is an East German communist propaganda film in two parts about the life of Ernst Thälmann, leader of the Communist Party of Germany during much of the Weimar Republic, directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Günther Simon in the title role. The first part, Ernst Thälmann – Sohn seiner Klasse, was released in 1954. It was followed by the 1955 sequel. Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kurt Maetzig](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-maetzig)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Tschesno-Hell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-tschesno-hell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wilhelm Neef](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilhelm-neef)
- **Producer:** [Adolf Fischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-fischer-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Plintzner](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-plintzner)
- **Editor:** [Lena Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-neumann)

## Cast

- [Michel Piccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-piccoli)
- [Gerhard Bienert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-bienert)
- [Fritz Diez](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-diez) as Adolf Hitler
- [Horst Kube](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-kube)
- [Nikolai Kryuchkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-kryuchkov)
- [Hannjo Hasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannjo-hasse)
- [Sergey Kalinin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-kalinin)
- [Angela Brunner](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-brunner)
- [Robert Trösch](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-trosch)
- [Siegfried Weiß](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-wei)
- [Günther Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-simon) as Ernst Thälmann
- [Wolf Kaiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-kaiser)
- [Werner Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-peters)
- [Raimund Schelcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/raimund-schelcher)
- [Fred Delmare](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-delmare)

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