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Cast

Harry Hindemith

Harry Hindemith

Narrator (voice)

Wilhelm Pieck

Wilhelm Pieck

Self (archive footage)

Walter Ulbricht

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Andrew Thorndike

Andrew Thorndike

Director

Feodor Pappe

Feodor Pappe

Writer

Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler

Music

Fritz Erpenbeck

Fritz Erpenbeck

Writer

Otto Winzer

Otto Winzer

Writer

Ella Ensink

Ella Ensink

Editor

Kurt Stanke

Kurt Stanke

Director of Photography

Andrew Thorndike

Andrew Thorndike

Screenplay

Walter Bartel

Walter Bartel

Writer

Johannes R. Becher

Johannes R. Becher

Lyricist

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

Lyricist

Walter Fehdmer

Walter Fehdmer

Director of Photography

Heinz Reusch

Heinz Reusch

Sound

Götz Neumann

Götz Neumann

Director of Photography

Hans-Joachim Funk

Hans-Joachim Funk

Unit Manager

Harry Bremer

Harry Bremer

Director of Photography

Erwin Anders

Erwin Anders

Director of Photography

Wernfried Hübel

Wernfried Hübel

Music Editor

Katerina Schneider

Katerina Schneider

Assistant Director

Rudi Radünz

Rudi Radünz

Director of Photography

Herbert Ballmann

Herbert Ballmann

Assistant Director

Günter Lambert

Günter Lambert

Sound

Harry Kadoch

Harry Kadoch

Camera Operator

Günter Althaus

Günter Althaus

Production Manager

Erich Nitzschmann

Erich Nitzschmann

Director of Photography

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Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten

19520.0 / 1080 min
Documentary

Overview

Basing his work on documentary material, Andrew Thorndike tells the life story of Wilhelm Pieck: from young worker to fighter for the German working class, and from enemy of national-socialism to the first president of the German Democratic Republic.