Once We Were Pitmen
2024, German. Directed by Christian Johannes Koch & Jonas Matauschek.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 29 February 2024
- Original title
- Wir waren Kumpel
- Country
- Germany, Switzerland
- Written by
- Jonas Matauschek, Christian Johannes Koch
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Once We Were Pitmen runs 103 minutes (1h 43m).
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Once We Were Pitmen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 February 2024. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Once We Were Pitmen?
If you liked Once We Were Pitmen, try Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20, Come See Me in the Good Light, The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
Who directed Once We Were Pitmen?
Once We Were Pitmen (2024) was directed by Christian Johannes Koch and Jonas Matauschek.