The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
The film depicts, in a kind of fictional documentary, the 1896 Hamburg dockworkers' strike: the workers receive meagre wages for hard work and live under miserable conditions and finally go on strike (to make matters more personal, one of the strikers has a brother who is a policeman). Even though the inspiration for the story was an event that took place in the XIX century, things had little changed by the troublesome twenties so the story had a perfect contemporary ring.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Werner HochbaumDirector
- Werner HochbaumWriter
Cast
- Gyula BaloghSohn
- Ilse BergerCast
- Erna SchumacherDie alte Mutter