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.
Unfortunately the movie Once We Were Pitmen is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Jonas Matauschek | Writer |
| Sound | Jacques Kieffer | Sound |
| Sound | Alexandre J. Maurer | Music |
| Camera | Sebastian Klett | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Christian Johannes Koch | Writer |
| Editing | Natali Barrey | Editor |
| Sound | Daniel Hobi | Sound |
| Production | Sarah Born | Producer |
| Editing | Annette Brütsch | Editor |
| Production | Rajko Jazbec | Producer |
| Editing | Jonas Matauschek | Editor |
| Production | Dario Schoch | Producer |
| Production | Tanja Georgieva-Waldhauer | Producer |
| Directing | Christian Johannes Koch | Director |
| Directing | Jonas Matauschek | Director |
