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Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the DEFA drama flick. Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class starring Günther Simon, Hans-Peter Minetti, Karla Runkehl, Michel Piccoli has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 20 min. The movie received a user score of 70/100 on TMDb, which represents input from reviews from 6 real users.
Looking for a quick synopsis? Here's the plot: "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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