Wir waren Kumpel
Once We Were Pitmen
Switzerland / Germany, May 2023
FILM,
Documentary,
103 min.
- directed by
- Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
- Written by
- Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
- Status
- In distribution
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.
credits
- World Premiere
- May 2023
- Original Version
- German (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 103 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-9FBA-0000-C-0000-0000-1
- Production
- Catpics, elemag pictures, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Producer
- Rajko Jazbec, Tanja Georgieva, Sarah Born, Dario Schoch
- directed by
- Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
- Written by
- Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek
- Cinematography
- Sebastian Klatt
- Editing
- Natali Barrey, Annette Brütsch, Jonas Matauschek
- Location Sound Mix
- Waldemar Bruch
- Sound Design
- Daniel Hobi Billeter
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jacques Kieffer
- Music
- Alexandre J. Maurer
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Catpics , elemag pictures
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
-
Filmperlen
Distribution
Release date: 29.02.2024 - Switzerland
-
Royal Film Verleih
Distribution
Release date: 11.04.2024
Awards
(a selection)
- Berlin, Berlinale Talents, Kompagnon-Förderpreis (Berlinale Talents) 2021 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
42° Bergamo Film Meeting
09.03.2024 - 17.03.2024 -
Solothurn, 59. Solothurner Filmtage
17.01.2024 - 24.01.2024 -
Sao Paulo, 47a Mostra Internacional del Cinema de Sao Paulo
19.10.2023 - 01.11.2023 -
Munich, 38. DOK.fest München
03.05.2023 - 14.05.2023