Ernst Thälmann (TV series)
| Ernst Thälmann | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Biopic |
| Screenplay by | Otto Bonhoff Georg Schiemann Erich Selbmann |
| Directed by | Ursula Bonhoff Georg Schiemann |
| Starring | Helmut Schellhardt Christine Schorn Günther Grabbert Peter Sodann |
| Music by | Karl-Ernst Sasse |
| Country of origin | East Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 4 hours |
| Production company | DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme |
| Original release | |
| Network | Deutscher Fernsehfunk |
| Release | 7 February 1986 |
Ernst Thälmann is a two-part television miniseries by DEFA. It was first broadcast on 7 February 1986 on GDR television, DFF. It is on the life of German Communist leader, Ernst Thälmann (who during the Weimar Republic was the head of the ticket for the Communist Party of Germany, and was executed on Adolf Hitler's order, 1944).