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.
Cast
Crew
Andrew Thorndike
Director, Screenplay
Feodor Pappe
Writer
Fritz Erpenbeck
Writer
Otto Winzer
Writer
Walter Bartel
Writer
Ella Ensink
Editor
Kurt Stanke
Director of Photography
Walter Fehdmer
Director of Photography
Götz Neumann
Director of Photography
Harry Bremer
Director of Photography
Erwin Anders
Director of Photography
Rudi Radünz
Director of Photography
Erich Nitzschmann
Director of Photography
Katerina Schneider
Assistant Director
Herbert Ballmann
Assistant Director
Harry Kadoch
Camera Operator
Heinz Reusch
Sound
Günter Lambert
Sound
Hanns Eisler
Music
Wernfried Hübel
Music Editor
Johannes R. Becher
Lyricist
Bertolt Brecht
Lyricist
Günter Althaus
Production Manager
Hans-Joachim Funk
Unit Manager
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