Jan 02, 1952
80 min
Full-HD

Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten (1952)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

East Germany

Companies

DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme

Harry Hindemith

Narrator (voice)

Wilhelm Pieck

Self (archive footage)

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

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