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.
Director: Andrew Thorndike
Writer: Otto Winzer, Fritz Erpenbeck, Feodor Pappe, Walter Bartel
Screenplay: Andrew Thorndike
Director of Photography: Walter Fehdmer, Kurt Stanke, Erwin Anders, Harry Bremer, Götz Neumann, Erich Nitzschmann, Rudi Radünz