Once We Were Pitmen
2023•1h 43m•8.0•Released
Documentary
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
Writer
Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
Languages
German
Studio
Catpics
Production
Company
Catpics
Company
Elemag Pictures
Company
SRF
Producer
Rajko Jazbec
Producer
Tanja Georgieva
Producer
Sarah Born
Producer
Dario Schoch
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