Ernst Thälmann - Son of his Class Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse
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Main Cast
Character
Actor
Ernst Thälmann
Günther Simon
Fiete Jansen
Hans-Peter Minetti
Arthur Vierbreiter
Erich Franz
Martha Vierbreiter
Erika Dunkelmann
Krischan Daik
Raimund Schelcher
Änne Harms
Karla Runkehl
Otto Kramer
Gerhard Bienert
Ernst Thälmann - Son of his Class is a 1954 East-German movie directed by Kurt Maetzig and Johannes Arpe. In November 1918, a leaflet reaches the German soldiers on the Western Front urging them to do the same as the Russian peasants and workers and actively fight against their oppression. Tählmann, who had long since realized the futility of the war and was serving his time as an involuntary soldier, began to fight alongside his comrades immediately after his return home. However, the working class's attempt to revolt is prevented by right-wing social democrats, and the working class is threatened with depolarization.
The following weapons were used in the film Ernst Thälmann - Son of his Class :
Pistols
Luger P08
German officers including Hauptmann Alland (Adolf Peter Hoffmann ) and some soldiers can be seen with Luger P08s .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Luger is used by Fiete Jansen (Hans-Peter Minetti ) during an ambush of the 1923 Hamburg Uprising. The man next to him holds a Gew. 88.
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Rifles
Gewehr 1898
The Gewehr 98 is widely used by German soldiers, Freikorps troops, and left-wing members (Spartakisten , USPD, KPD).
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Karabiner 98AZ
A broken rifle that could be a Karabiner 98AZ is briefly seen lying in the mud.
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Karabiner 98b
Some early 1920s Karabiner 98b are also used by Reichswehr forces.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier getting hit by a stone holds a Karabiner 98b.
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Gewehr 1888/05
Both Weimar forces and insurgents have Gewehr 1888/05 .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Members of the Kapp Putsch marching with Gewehr 88 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing One Freikorps officer tries to hold back insurgents.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An insurgent points his Gew. 88 at a Kapp Pztsch member. Note the swastika on their helmets as a sign of their warlike appearance.
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Karabiner 1888
The Karabiner 1888 is also seen in some scenes.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Sturmmann named Müller complains why the truck blocking the road.
Machine Guns
Maxim MG 08
Maxim MG08s are used by both factions. Some are fitted with modified Interbellum muzzle boosters.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Spartakist defends the encircled building. In this scene, and in many more, the gunner and belt carrier only wiggle the gun/ammo belt. The top cover is not closed properly and bobs up and down.
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Maxim M1910
An abandoned Russian Maxim M1910 lies next to a German trench.
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Maxim MG08/15
What appears to be a Maxim MG08/15 modified with a fore mounted bipod is briefly seen.
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Other
Flare Gun
An unknown flare is used by a German officer during the trench defending.
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Stielhandgranate
Stick grenade mockups that resemble Model 16 Stielhandgranates are used by soldiers and insurgents.
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10.5-cm-leichte Feldhaubitze 18
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15-cm-schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 15-cm-schweres Infanteriegeschütz (sIG ) 33.
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Mk A Whippet tank
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Armored Car
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