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.
Unfortunately the movie Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Writing | Ingo Helm | Writer |
| Directing | Ingo Helm | Director |
| Writing | Sabine Bernardi | Writer |
| Directing | Sabine Bernardi | Director |
| Writing | Dietrich Duppel | Idea |
| Camera | Philipp Sichler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Thorsten Neumann | Producer |
| Production | Michaela Nix | Producer |
| Editing | Friederike Weymar | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stefanie Jauss | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Dietrich Duppel | Director |
| Directing | Mia Sabrina Phillips | Continuity |
| Camera | Jörn Steinhoff | Key Grip |
| Sound | Vanessa Donelly | Music Producer |
| Art | Sabine Dotzauer | Production Design |
| Art | Susanne Körösi | Assistant Production Design |
| Production | Helene Friedl | Line Producer |
| Production | Jürgen Janoczek | Unit Manager |
| Production | Andrea Giesel | Unit Manager |
| Production | Christian Preuß | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Philipp Teichmann | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Michaela Herold | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Marc Brasse | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Mark Willock | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Tina Böckenhauer | Casting |
| Editing | Mark Broszeit | Editor |
| Sound | Frank Buermann | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Jutta Boukamp | Color Grading |
| Art | Katharina Gerz | Property Master |
| Art | Samira Körner | Property Master |
| Camera | Erik Hartung | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | André Dekker | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michael Hain | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Rasmus Jessen | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Olaf Junior | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Andreas Bäurle | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Stephan Ryll | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Simon Pfister | Assistant Director |
| Production | Philipp Dufft | Post Producer |
| Production | Christian Krohn | Production Manager |
| Production | Susanne Gerriets | Line Producer |
| Production | Katja Kersting | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Cornelius Kob | Editorial Staff |
| Editing | Michael Ruck | Editorial Consultant |
| Editing | Friedrich Stamp | Editorial Consultant |
| Sound | Matthias Petsche | Original Music Composer |
