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