Die Weber

A grim, hungry struggle for survival that builds from quiet desperation into a furious, doomed uprising.

Directed by

Hubert Hoelzke

Genres

Drama

Starring

Wolfgang Sasse, Ralph Boettner, Hans Pitra

Overview

The emaciated weavers deliver their homework to the factory owner Dreißiger and receive their wages, on which they cannot live and cannot die. Driven by hunger, they ask for more money, but to no avail. Only the young baker and the reservist Jäger put up a fight, and both manage to encourage a large group of weavers to revolt against the factory owner. They break into his house and destroy it, whereupon he flees. The revolt continues, the weavers move through the surrounding villages, where more people join them. A little later, the military arrives to intervene against the angry crowd and restore the old order...

How it feels

Bleak, earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and demanding.

About

Class, survival, rebellion, justice

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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