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Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954)
Alternative title: Ernst Thälmann - Son of His Class
Directed by Kurt Maetzig | Classic East German (DEFA) Production
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Synopsis:
The film depicts the life of Ernst Thälmann, the leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), focusing on the period between the end of World War I in 1918 and the late 1920s. Beginning on the Western Front, it follows Thälmann's return to Hamburg, his alignment with the revolutionary working class, and his pivotal role in the Hamburg Uprising of 1923. The narrative highlights his political development, his fight against corporate syndicates and rising fascist factions, and his ultimate ascension to the leadership of the German labor movement.
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Release Notes:
• Video: Encoded from the PAL DVD source using the x265 10-bit (Main 10) profile. Video parameters were tuned to clean legacy analog master noise while maintaining the original film grain and architectural details of the 1950s cinematic capture. Presented in its native 4:3 aspect ratio.
• Audio: Contains the untouched original German AC-3 (Dolby Digital) 2.0 Stereo track multiplexed directly from the retail source medium.
• Subtitles: Includes an embedded, synchronized English plain-text SRT subtitle track configured as default.
• Chapters: The original 8-chapter DVD indexing structure has been fully preserved and embedded.
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Technical Specifications:
Code:
[Format]: .......... Matroska (MKV)
[File Size]: ........ 2.09 GiB
[Duration]: ......... 01:56:00
[Video Codec]: ...... HEVC / x265 / Main 10
[Resolution]: ....... 720x576 (4:3 Display Aspect Ratio)
[Frame Rate]: ....... 25.000 fps (PAL Standard)
[Audio Track]: ...... German / AC-3 Dolby Digital / 2.0 Stereo / 192 kb/s
[Subtitle]: ......... English (SRT / UTF-8 Plain Text) [DEFAULT]
[Chapters]: ......... Included (8 Chapters)
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