Wilhelm Pieck – Das Leben unseres Präsidenten

Wilhelm Pieck – Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
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Directed byAndrew Thorndike
Written byAndrew Thorndike, Otto Winzer
Music byHanns Eisler
Distributed byVEB DEFA Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Release date
  • 1952 (1952)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

Wilhelm Pieck – Das Leben unseres Präsidenten (Wilhelm Pieck: the Life of Our President) is a 1952 East German documentary film directed by Andrew Thorndike about the life of GDR President Wilhelm Pieck. It opened on 2 January 1952 in the cinemas of East Germany and East Berlin. The film consists mainly of still images illustrating Pieck's life and related German history. There are only a few motion picture sequences, for example Lenin's funeral and the post-1945 period.