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.
Emma Freese

Alfred Freese

Gerda Freese
Aunt Margit
Anni Wadle

Hein Wadle

Adolf Westphal

Julius Bredenbeck

Herbert Sührig

Josef Schiml

Werner

Holger

Mrs. Schmede
Heinz Ruhnau
Hans Bilstein

Mrs. Wielemann
Hans Georg Schütte
Hansen
Helmut

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Self (archive footage)

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