Overview
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.
Production
Eikon Nord · NDR · SWR · Radio Bremen
Cast & Characters
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
Directors & Crew
Michaela Nix
Producer
Sabine Bernardi
Director
Ingo Helm
Writer
Ingo Helm
Director
Thorsten Neumann
Producer
Sabine Bernardi
Writer
Screenshots & Stills
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