Once We Were Pitmen
7.4
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.
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Christian Johannes Koch Director · Jonas Matauschek Director Sebastian Klett Cinematographer
First release May 4, 2023 · Produced in Germany, Switzerland · Production Elemag Pictures, SRF
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Catpics
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Elemag Pictures
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SRF
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Germany · Switzerland
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Original title
Wir waren Kumpel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · May 4, 2023
Premiere · DOK.fest München 2023
Germany · February 29, 2024
Theatrical
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