Once We Were Pitmen

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 10, 2023

Original language

German

Production

SRF,Elemag Pictures,Catpics

Director

Christian Johannes Koch,Jonas Matauschek

Writer

Jonas Matauschek,Christian Johannes Koch

Producer

Sarah Born,Rajko Jazbec,Dario Schoch,Tanja Georgieva

Cinematography

Sebastian Klett

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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