Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten

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.

Country:

East Germany

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

80 minutes

Year:

1952

Director:

Andrew Thorndike

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Company:

DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme

Cast:
Harry Hindemith

Narrator (voice)

Wilhelm Pieck

Self (archive footage)

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Crew:
Andrew Thorndike

Director

Feodor Pappe

Writer

Hanns Eisler

Music

Fritz Erpenbeck

Writer

Otto Winzer

Writer