12 May 2023
The Starling Girl
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik
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.
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Anna Schimrigk Emma Freese
David Bredin Alfred Freese
Claire Wegener Gerda Freese
Maju Margrit Sartorius Aunt Margit
Bettina Hoppe Anni Wadle
Ronald Kukulies Hein Wadle
Max Herbrechter Adolf Westphal
Peter Sikorski Julius Bredenbeck
David C. Bunners Herbert Sührig
Peter Lohmeyer Josef Schiml
Nevio Wendt Werner
Maximilian Beck Holger
Silke Geertz Mrs. Schmede
Leonardo Lukanow Heinz Ruhnau
Harald Maack Hans Bilstein
Amelle Schwerk Mrs. Wielemann
Bernd Grawert Hans Georg Schütte
Martin Winkelmann Hansen
Helge Mark Lodder Helmut
Lieke Hoppe
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