How Many Ernst Thälmann (1986) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: Ernst Thälmann
Released: 1986
Cast: Helmut Schellhardt, Christine Schorn, Günter Grabbert, Peter Sodann, Marian Kociniak

Ernst Thälmann (1986) featured a cast of 93 tracked actors. Of these, 43 (50%) are still alive today and 43 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Harry Merkel, age 96. This film starred Helmut Schellhardt and Christine Schorn.

50% still with us· verified cast46% of full cast · incl. 7 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 50% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 77.6 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast93 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1986 ▲▼
Helmut Schellhardt Ernst Thälmann	Ernst Thälmann	Deceased	18/01/1929	73	16/05/2002	57
Christine Schorn Rosa Thälmann	Rosa Thälmann	Living	01/02/1944	82	—	42
Günter Grabbert Wilhelm Pieck	Wilhelm Pieck	Deceased	15/01/1931	79	15/12/2010	55
Peter Sodann		Deceased	01/06/1936	87	05/04/2024	50
Marian Kociniak		Deceased	11/01/1936	80	11/03/2016	50
Hartmut Beer		Deceased	21/05/1941	56	15/05/1998	45
Wilfried Pucher		Living	10/07/1940	86	—	46
Hildegard Alex		Living	07/01/1942	84	—	44
Christian Balhaus		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Maxi Biewer		Living	24/05/1964	62	—	22
Eckhard Bilz		Living	01/01/1938	88	—	48
Iris Bohnau		Living	01/01/1948	78	—	38
Manfred Borges		Deceased	01/10/1928	93	25/02/2022	58
Fritz Bornemann		Deceased	01/01/1929	76	01/01/2005	57
Margot Busse		Living	01/09/1944	82	—	42
Bruno Carstens		Deceased	26/10/1918	83	30/10/2001	68
Fred Delmare		Deceased	22/04/1922	87	01/05/2009	64
Werner Dissel Emil Kirdorf	Emil Kirdorf	Deceased	26/08/1912	90	22/01/2003	74
Günter Drescher		Deceased	23/02/1928	78	05/09/2006	58
Friedhelm Eberle		Living	21/09/1935	91	—	51
Hans-Joachim Entrich		Deceased	12/06/1932	61	09/08/1993	54
Matthias Freihof		Living	25/11/1961	64	—	25
Peter Friedrichson		Deceased	28/06/1946	77	19/12/2023	40
Klaus Gehrke		Living	27/05/1939	87	—	47
Renate Geißler		Living	23/03/1940	86	—	46
Detlef Gieß		Living	05/01/1951	75	—	35
Werner Godemann		Deceased	25/03/1924	86	28/11/2010	62
Manfred Gorr		Living	01/01/1953	73	—	33
Wolfgang Greese		Deceased	08/03/1926	75	02/05/2001	60
Helga Göring		Deceased	14/01/1922	88	03/10/2010	64
Gert Gütschow		Deceased	02/03/1928	95	10/03/2023	58
Annemone Haase		Living	13/11/1930	95	—	56
Ulrike Hanke-Haensch		Living	01/01/1938	88	—	48
Janina Hartwig		Living	08/06/1961	65	—	25
Albert Hetterle		Deceased	30/10/1918	88	17/12/2006	68
Monika Hetterle		Living	03/07/1940	86	—	46
Petra Hinze		Living	05/06/1942	84	—	44
Peter Hladik Rudolf Heß	Rudolf Heß	Living	28/03/1941	85	—	45
Cornelia Hudl		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Hansjürgen Hürrig		Living	22/10/1944	81	—	42
Günter Junghans		Deceased	14/07/1941	73	10/08/2014	45
Peter Kalisch		Deceased	11/12/1921	70	20/04/1992	65
Gerd Klotzek		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Heinz-Dieter Knaup		Deceased	06/10/1929	95	03/10/2025	57
Jörg Knochée		Deceased	06/12/1944	44	27/10/1989	42
Hans Knötzsch		Deceased	13/10/1923	72	01/08/1996	63
Horst Kotterba		Living	21/02/1955	71	—	31
Roland Kuchenbuch		Living	22/02/1943	83	—	43
Mathias Kunze		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Hans-Joachim Leschnitz		Living	01/01/1944	82	—	42
Jan Josef Liefers		Living	08/08/1964	62	—	22
Stefan Lisewski		Deceased	06/07/1933	82	26/02/2016	53
Horst Manz		Living	01/01/1934	92	—	52
Armin Mechsner		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Dieter Memel		Living	01/01/1951	75	—	35
Harry Merkel		Living	27/12/1929	96	—	57
Klaus Mertens		Deceased	25/01/1929	74	27/04/2003	57
Reinhard Michalke		Deceased	12/06/1934	67	17/12/2001	52
Willi Neuenhahn		Deceased	25/01/1928	65	25/08/1993	58
Evelyn Opoczynski		Living	10/12/1949	76	—	37
Peter Pauli		Living	01/01/1940	86	—	46
Achim Petry		Deceased	11/09/1927	86	30/11/2013	59
Walter Plathe		Living	05/11/1950	75	—	36
Jürgen Polzin		Living	01/01/1949	77	—	37
Gerd Preusche		Deceased	04/06/1940	60	26/04/2001	46
Jalda Rebling		Living	01/01/1951	75	—	35
Hans-Peter Reinecke		Deceased	16/05/1941	64	20/11/2005	45
Jürgen Reuter		Living	29/01/1941	85	—	45
Gottfried Richter		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Hans Jochen Röhrig		Living	02/08/1943	83	—	43
Gerald Schaale		Living	07/05/1955	71	—	31
Frank-Otto Schenk		Deceased	10/10/1943	76	10/03/2020	43
Andreas Schmidt-Schaller		Living	30/10/1945	80	—	41
Willi Schrade		Deceased	31/01/1935	90	18/06/2025	51
Jaecki Schwarz		Living	26/02/1946	80	—	40
Joachim Schönitz		Deceased	13/06/1941	77	20/04/2019	45
Jörg Schüttauf		Living	26/12/1961	64	—	25
Gerd Staiger		Deceased	30/11/1930	88	19/06/2019	56
Erika Straßburger		Unverified	—	—	—	—
Alfred Struwe		Deceased	22/04/1927	70	13/02/1998	59
Ulrich Teschner		Deceased	26/03/1939	78	25/02/2018	47
Peer-Uwe Teska		Living	03/03/1955	71	—	31
Klaus Tilsner		Living	18/06/1934	92	—	52
Jürgen Trott		Living	02/06/1955	71	—	31
Erik Veldre		Deceased	27/07/1932	91	09/10/2023	54
Hanns-Jörn Weber		Deceased	16/12/1941	79	17/02/2021	45
Wolfgang Winkler		Deceased	02/03/1943	76	05/12/2019	43
Günter Wolf		Deceased	19/08/1930	84	22/12/2014	56
Arno Wyzniewski		Deceased	09/10/1938	58	14/09/1997	48
Jürgen Zartmann		Living	28/01/1941	85	—	45
Manfred Zetzsche		Deceased	10/02/1930	93	22/08/2023	56
Birgit Schneider Achtes Agitprop-Mitglied	Achtes Agitprop-Mitglied	Living	25/09/1960	65	—	26
Dietmar Irmer Zweiter SS-Mann	Zweiter SS-Mann	Deceased	10/01/1941	73	25/09/2014	45