Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

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

A Anna SchimrigkEmma Freese D David BredinAlfred Freese C Claire WegenerGerda Freese M Maju Margrit SartoriusAunt Margit B Bettina HoppeAnni Wadle R Ronald KukuliesHein Wadle M Max HerbrechterAdolf Westphal P Peter SikorskiJulius Bredenbeck D David C. BunnersHerbert Sührig P Peter LohmeyerJosef Schiml N Nevio WendtWerner M Maximilian BeckHolger

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S Silke GeertzMrs. Schmede L Leonardo LukanowHeinz Ruhnau H Harald MaackHans Bilstein A Amelle SchwerkMrs. Wielemann B Bernd GrawertHans Georg Schütte M Martin WinkelmannHansen H Helge Mark LodderHelmut L Lieke Hoppe A Ava Gäbel L Levi Henheik H Hans-Ulrich StangenSelf H Heiner WadleSelf R Rudolf SchlowinskiSelf B Björn EngholmSelf E Erich HansenSelf E Elisabeth RugeSelf H Hans-Gerhard LeuSelf L Lena SchultSelf R Rolf RugeSelf U Udo EhmkeSelf L Lisa GalleSelf L Lilly MasuthSelf E Elke LütjohannSelf K Kai-Uwe von HasselSelf (archive footage) K Konrad AdenauerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) L Ludwig ErhardSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)