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==Reception==
==Reception==
The film received numerous awards from the East German authorities. Helmut Schellhardt received the First Class prize, "for his outstanding achievements as an actor, especially for his portrayal of Ernst Thälmann", for the [[National Prize of East Germany]] in 1986. 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.[de:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Tr%C3%A4ger_des_Nationalpreises_der_DDR_I._Klasse_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Literatur#1980%E2%80%931989]<ref>''[[Neues Deutschland]], October 7, 1986, page 4, listing of National Prize of the DDR awardees</ref> Other cast and production members, including film composer [[Karl-Ernst Sasse]], won Second Class prizes for their contributions.[de:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Tr%C3%A4ger_des_Nationalpreises_der_DDR_II._Klasse_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Literatur_(1980%E2%80%931989)]<ref>''[[Neues Deutschland]], October 7, 1986, page 4, listing of National Prize of the DDR awardees</ref>
The film received numerous awards from the East German authorities. Helmut Schellhardt received the First Class prize, "for his outstanding achievements as an actor, especially for his portrayal of Ernst Thälmann", for the [[National Prize of East Germany]] in 1986. 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.[de:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Tr%C3%A4ger_des_Nationalpreises_der_DDR_I._Klasse_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Literatur#1980%E2%80%931989]<ref>''[[Neues Deutschland]]'', October 7, 1986, page 4, listing of National Prize of the DDR awardees</ref> Other cast and production members, including film composer [[Karl-Ernst Sasse]], won Second Class prizes for their contributions.[de:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Tr%C3%A4ger_des_Nationalpreises_der_DDR_II._Klasse_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Literatur_(1980%E2%80%931989)]<ref>''[[Neues Deutschland]]'', October 7, 1986, page 4, listing of National Prize of the DDR awardees</ref>


Recent reception has been more critical:
Recent reception has been more critical:

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Ernst Thälmann
GenreBiopic
Screenplay byOtto Bonhoff
Georg Schiemann
Erich Selbmann
Directed byUrsula Bonhoff
Georg Schiemann
StarringHelmut Schellhardt
Christine Schorn
Günther Grabbert
Peter Sodann
Music byKarl-Ernst Sasse
Country of originEast Germany
Original languageGerman
No. of episodes2
Production
Running time4 hours
Production companyDEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Original release
NetworkDeutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
ReleaseFebruary 7, 1986 (1986-02-07)

Ernst Thälmann is a two-part television film by DEFA from 1986. It was first broadcast on February 7, 1986 on GDR television, DFF. It is on the life of German Communist leader, Ernst Thälmann (who was in the Weimar years the head of the ticket for the German Communist Party-KPD, and was executed on Adolf Hitler's order, 1944).[1][2]

Plot and production

Lettering from the Ernst-Thälmann TV film; still remaining at filming location, Görlitz, Bergstraße

The biographical film spans May 1, 1929, the Blutmai, on which police shot at demonstrating Berlin workers, to February 7, 1933, the day on which the meeting of the Central Committee of the KPD took place in Sporthaus Ziegenhals, where Thälmann appeared as a speaker for the last time. [3] Filming began in 1984 and took place in Görlitz and Wuppertal.[4]

Cast

Reception

The film received numerous awards from the East German authorities. Helmut Schellhardt received the First Class prize, "for his outstanding achievements as an actor, especially for his portrayal of Ernst Thälmann", for the National Prize of East Germany in 1986. 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.[de:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Tr%C3%A4ger_des_Nationalpreises_der_DDR_I._Klasse_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Literatur#1980%E2%80%931989][5] Other cast and production members, including film composer Karl-Ernst Sasse, won Second Class prizes for their contributions.[de:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Tr%C3%A4ger_des_Nationalpreises_der_DDR_II._Klasse_f%C3%BCr_Kunst_und_Literatur_(1980%E2%80%931989)][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.

— --Lexicon of international film[de:Lexikon des internationalen Films][7]

References

  1. ^ Release certificate, DEFA 'Ernst Thälmann'. Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft, Dezember 2013 (PDF; first part) https://www.spio-fsk.de/asp/filestream.asp?dir=karte&file=1312%5C142404V.pdf
  2. ^ Release certificate, DEFA 'Ernst Thälmann'. Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft, Dezember 2013 (PDF; second part) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Th%C3%A4lmann_(Film)#cite_note-FSK1-1
  3. ^ File: Vote Thälmann! Lettering Görlitz Bergstraße.jpg|mini|Lettering from the Ernst Thälmann film; Görlitz, Bergstrasse
  4. ^ Filmliste Wuppertal 'Filming in Wuppertal for cinema and TV productions and documentaries' ; production=Filmstadt Wuppertal ; accessed=2019-12-23 https://filmstadt-wuppertal.de/files/Filmliste_Wuppertal.pdf
  5. ^ Neues Deutschland, October 7, 1986, page 4, listing of National Prize of the DDR awardees
  6. ^ Neues Deutschland, October 7, 1986, page 4, listing of National Prize of the DDR awardees
  7. ^ Ernst Thälmann at Lexikon des internationalen Films [de]
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