02 Nov 1995
Short Working Day
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party. [Produced in 1981, but not commercially released until 1996.]
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early November 1918, Ernst Thälmann is an unwilling soldier serving on the western front. As the revolutionary movement at home is threatened by the betrayal of the Social Democrats and fissures in the working class, Thälmann calls on his fellow soldiers to put down their weapons and unite with the workers in the communist struggle at home. Thälmann’s qualms about which side he is fighting on continue, but when the local police attempt to prevent a shipment of provisions and supplies from reaching the people in Petrograd, he intervenes and the ship is unloaded. With this moment of clarity, Thälmann continues to follow his political convictions and joins the workers at the Hamburg uprising in October 1923.
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Günther Simon Ernst Thälmann
Hans-Peter Minetti Fiete Jansen
Erich Franz Arthur Vierbreiter
Erika Dunkelmann Martha Vierbreiter
Johannes Arpe Höhn
Raimund Schelcher Krischan Daik
Karla Runkehl Änne Harms
Gerhard Bienert Otto Kramer
Robert Trösch Kuddel Riemöller
Wolf Kaiser Major Zinker
Werner Peters Hauptmann Quadde
Martin Flörchinger Karl Liebknecht
Steffie Spira Clara Zetkin
Hans Flössel Scheidemann
Walter E. Fuß Karl Borns
Rudolf Klix Willbrandt
Hans Klering Asmussen
Gerhard Lau Hein Heber
Sergei Kalinin Sowjetischer Kapitän
Werner Pledath Hauck
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