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Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class

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Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class
Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing East-Germany
Directed by Kurt Maetzig
Release Date October 7, 1955
Language German
Russian
Studio DEFA
Distributor Progress Film
Main Cast
Character Actor
Ernst Thälmann Günther Simon
Fiete Jansen Hans-Peter Minetti
Änne Jansen Karla Runkehl
Robert Dirhagen Paul R. Henker
Wilhelm Pieck Hans Wehrl
Walter Ulbricht Karl Brenk
Wilhelm Florin Gerd Wehr


Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class is a 1955 East-German movie directed by Kurt Maetzig. The second part covers the period from 1930 until Thälmann's assassination in 1944. It shows Thälmann's struggle for the united front of the German workers against the National Socialists, his arrest after Hitler's seizure of power, and the eleven years of imprisonment in which he remains steadfast until his death. An attempt by the comrades to liberate him fails and Thälmann rejects a corrupting offer of freedom by Göring. And he has to witness how his brave fellow fighter Änne Jansen is killed in a bomb attack in the women's prison across the street. Änne's husband Fiete Jansen, who was already at Thälmann's side as a friend and fighter in the first part, becomes the second supporting figure of the film. As commander of the Thälmann Battalion, he fights for the people's cause in Spain and later in the ranks of the Red Army for a quick end to the fascist war.


The following weapons were used in the film Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class:


Pistols

Luger P08

Luger P08 pistols are used by German police, SS guards, and some soldiers. Obersturmbanführer Quadde (Werner Peters) is briefly seen with a P08 during an attempt to free Thälmann

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Luger P08 - 9x19mm
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FN Model 1922

Fiete Jansen (Hans-Peter Minetti) is seen leading a charge with an FN Model 1922 during the Spanish Civil War.

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FN Model 1922 - .32 ACP
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Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

Most Soviet Soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns, as well, Fiete Jansen.

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PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 71-round drum magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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PPS-43

Some PPS-43 are also seen wield by Red Army soldiers.

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PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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Rifles

Mauser Model 1889/36

The most seen rifle is the Belgian Mauser 1889/36 which is first used by Berlin police forces in 1930.

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Belgian 1889 Mauser Carbine - 7.65x53mm Mauser, for comparision.
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Belgian Mauser Model 1935 - 7.65x53mm
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Gewehr 1898M

Two SA men are seen with Gewehr 98M rifles while guarding arrested communists.

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Mauser Gewehr 1898M - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k is briefly seen in the hands of German soldiers.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Gewehr 1888/05

What appears to be a Gewehr 1888/05 is briefly seen held by a guard at a barracks.

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Gewehr 1888/05 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Karabiner 1888

A liberated KZ prisoner has a Karabiner 1888 over his shoulder.

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Karabiner 1888 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Mosin Nagant

Some Red Army soldiers are also armed with Mosin Nagant Rifles.

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Unknown Rifles

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The magazine matches a Steyr-type rifle.
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Assault Rifles

Sturmgewehr 44

The Sturmgewehr 44 is the second most used rifle.

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Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.
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MKb 42(H)

At the end of the movie, two prison guards of the KZ Buchenwald are armed with MKb 42(H) assault rifles.

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Sport Systeme Dittrich reproduction of the Haenel MKb 42(H) - 7.92x33mm.
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"Guess you know what comes next!"

Machine Guns

MG34

German soldiers use MG34s.

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MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser.
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MG42

Two MG42s are transported by prisoners.

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MG42 Light Machine Gun 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Maxim MG 08

One Maxim MG08 is seen among the smuggled in weapons for the prisoners.

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Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser.
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Launchers

Panzerfaust

Some Landsers are seen with Panzerfausts.

Panzerfaust 30 - 44mm with 140mm warhead
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Panzerschreck

A single Panzerschreck, that appears to be a mock-up, is carried by one German soldier.

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RPzB 54 "Panzerschreck" rocket launcher - 88mm
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Other

15cm sFH 18

Various schwere Feldhaubitzen 18 can be seen at a weapons factory.

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sFH 18 howitzer displayed at CFB Borden Military Museum, Ontario, Canada - 150mm
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