在这部恩斯特·台尔曼——阶级的领袖传记片中,1955年前民主德国历史巨片，场面宏伟，根据作家布列德尔同名小说改编，著名导演古尔特·梅切克执导。本片生动地表现了德国无产阶级革命领袖台尔曼的革命斗争和生活，主演根塞·西蒙于1956年的第9届卡罗维发利国际电影节上获最佳男主角奖。
The second part of the Ernst Thaelmann films encompasses the time period between 1930 and Thaelmann's murder in 1944. It shows Thaelmann's battle to achieve a united front with all German workers against the National Socialists, his arrest following Hitler's seizure of power and the eleven years of his incarceration, in which he unwaveringly clings to his beliefs until his death. An attempt to free him on the part of his comrades ends disastrously, and a corrupt offer of freedom from Goering himself receives Thaelmann's refusal. He must also witness how his brave fellow socialist Aenne Jansen in the women's prison across from his tragically loses her life during a bombing raid. The second primary character of the film is Aenne's husband Fiete Jansen, who already proved his loyalty to Thaelmann's side as a friend and fighter in the first part. As the commander of the Thaelmann Batallion, he fights in Spain on the side of the people and later in the ranks of the Red Army toward a speedy end to the war against fascism.
红色德意志——日尔曼的共产主义。关于影片中的一些历史背景。《台尔曼传》：德国共产党和工人阶级的骄傲与悲哀。略评片中的象征主义手法一二。
