Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik
Directed by Sabine Bernardi, Ingo Helm, Dietrich Duppel
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Anna SchimrigkEmma Freese
David BredinAlfred Freese
Ronald KukuliesHein Wadle
Max HerbrechterAdolf Westphal
Peter SikorskiJulius Bredenbeck
David C. BunnersHerbert Sührig
Peter LohmeyerJosef Schiml
Nevio WendtWerner
Maximilian BeckHolgerExplore the crew
- Producer
- Michaela Nix
- Director
- Sabine Bernardi
- Director of Photography
- Philipp Sichler
- Writer
- Ingo Helm
- Director
- Ingo Helm
- Producer
- Thorsten Neumann
- Writer
- Sabine Bernardi
- Editor
- Friederike Weymar
- Director
- Dietrich Duppel
- Editor
- Mark Broszeit
- Original Music Composer
- Matthias Petsche