CinemaOSMovie · 2023 · 1h 43m

Once We Were Pitmen

80%(1)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byChristian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
DE
Released
May 10, 2023
Studios
CatpicsElemag PicturesSRF

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WIR WAREN KUMPEL | Dokumentarfilm Trailer | DOK.fest 2023

WIR WAREN KUMPEL | Dokumentarfilm Trailer | DOK.fest 2023

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Directed by
Christian Johannes Koch
Jonas Matauschek
Written by
Christian Johannes Koch
Jonas Matauschek
Produced by
Rajko Jazbec
Dario Schoch

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