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.

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Main Cast: Harry Hindemith, Wilhelm Pieck, Walter Ulbricht

Director: Andrew Thorndike

Writers: Andrew Thorndike, Otto Winzer, Fritz Erpenbeck, Feodor Pappe

Editor: Ella Ensink

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