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.
| Production | Michaela Nix | Producer |
| Directing | Sabine Bernardi | Director |
| Camera | Philipp Sichler | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dietrich Duppel | Idea |
| Writing | Ingo Helm | Writer |
| Directing | Ingo Helm | Director |
| Production | Thorsten Neumann | Producer |
| Writing | Sabine Bernardi | Writer |
| Editing | Friederike Weymar | Editor |
| Camera | Jörn Steinhoff | Key Grip |
| Art | Sabine Dotzauer | Production Design |
| Art | Susanne Körösi | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stefanie Jauss | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Dietrich Duppel | Director |
| Production | Andrea Giesel | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Mia Sabrina Phillips | Continuity |
| Crew | Michaela Herold | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Helene Friedl | Line Producer |
| Crew | Mark Willock | Commissioning Editor |
| Sound | Vanessa Donelly | Music Producer |
| Production | Jürgen Janoczek | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Philipp Teichmann | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Marc Brasse | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Christian Preuß | Unit Manager |
| Production | Tina Böckenhauer | Casting |
| Sound | Frank Buermann | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Samira Körner | Property Master |
| Camera | Rasmus Jessen | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Simon Pfister | Assistant Director |
| Art | Katharina Gerz | Property Master |
| Camera | Andreas Bäurle | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | André Dekker | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Michael Hain | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Mark Broszeit | Editor |
| Camera | Olaf Junior | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Jutta Boukamp | Color Grading |
| Camera | Erik Hartung | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Editing | Friedrich Stamp | Editorial Consultant |
| Production | Christian Krohn | Production Manager |
| Directing | Stephan Ryll | Assistant Director |
| Production | Katja Kersting | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Matthias Petsche | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Philipp Dufft | Post Producer |
| Editing | Michael Ruck | Editorial Consultant |
| Production | Susanne Gerriets | Line Producer |
| Crew | Cornelius Kob | Editorial Staff |
