Movie

Once We Were Pitmen

Wir waren Kumpel

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.

Screenplay

Christian Johannes Koch

Screenplay

Jonas Matauschek

Director

Christian Johannes Koch

Director

Jonas Matauschek

Status

Released

Release date

29/02/2024

Original language

German