Ernst Thälmann (TV series)

[1][2] The story spans 1 May 1929, the Blutmai, on which police shot at demonstrating Berlin workers, to 7 February 1933, the day on which the meeting of the Central Committee of the party took place in Sporthaus Ziegenhals, where Thälmann appeared as a speaker for the last time.

[4] The film received numerous awards from the East German authorities.

The following cast members also received the First Class prize for the National Prize in 1986: Otto Bonhoff, Ursula Bonhoff, Hans-Jürgen Faschina, Georg Schiemann, Erich Seibmann.

[citation needed][5] Other cast and production members, including film composer Karl-Ernst Sasse, won Second Class prizes for their contributions.

[citation needed][6] Recent reception has been more critical: Historically inaccurate, incomplete and already anachronistic heroic epic at the time of its creation, which was treated by the SED party leadership as a main and state action.