Once We Were Pitmen

Documentary

103 min

FSK 0
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Black dust, shrill metallic noises, dark tunnels, muscular bodies – all that is the past. At the end of 2018, extraction of coal throughout Germany came to an end. That same year, the voices of the emerging climate protest movement Fridays for Future grew louder. Against the backdrop of these media and socio-political events, the film follows five miners on their tragic, humorous and heartwarming search for a new role in life.

Director
Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
Original language(s)
German
Credits
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Written by
Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
Year
2023
Country
Germany, Switzerland
Genre
Documentary
FSK Rating
FSK 0
Original title
Wir waren Kumpel
Release date
29.02.2024