Emma Freese is desperate when her husband Alfred falls ill at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. How is the family supposed to get by without their wages? The war has scarred this generation, but now things are supposed to be looking up. The workers want their fair share and are fighting for an income that also gives them room to live. In October 1956, 34,000 metalworkers in the shipyards and factories of Schleswig-Holstein walk off the job to fight for justice and their dignity. This strike is still regarded as the toughest and longest in Germany. Employers and politicians stand in the strikers' way.

Anna Schimrigk

Emma Freese

David Bredin

Alfred Freese

Claire Wegener

Gerda Freese

Maju Margrit Sartorius

Aunt Margit

Bettina Hoppe

Anni Wadle

Ronald Kukulies

Hein Wadle

Max Herbrechter

Adolf Westphal

Peter Sikorski

Julius Bredenbeck

David C. Bunners

Herbert Sührig

Peter Lohmeyer

Josef Schiml

Nevio Wendt

Werner

Maximilian Beck

Holger

Silke Geertz

Mrs. Schmede

Leonardo Lukanow

Heinz Ruhnau

Harald Maack

Hans Bilstein

Amelle Schwerk

Mrs. Wielemann

• Ingo HelmDirector · Writer
• Sabine BernardiDirector · Writer
• Dietrich DuppelDirector
• Michaela NixProducer
• Thorsten NeumannProducer
• Philipp SichlerDirector of Photography
• Matthias PetscheOriginal Music Composer
• Friederike WeymarEditor
• Mark BroszeitEditor
• Tina BöckenhauerCasting

Release date

April 28, 2024

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary, Drama, History

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