Once We Were Pitmen (2023)
- Original title
- Wir waren Kumpel
- Directed by
- Jonas Matauschek, Christian Johannes Koch
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
Five former coal miners struggle to find their place after the end of coal extraction in Germany in 2018. The film follows their personal and humorous attempts to adapt to a new life while the climate movement grows around them.
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