72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Vosstaniye rybakov (Der Aufstand der Fischer von S.B.) / Revolt of the Fishermen

Germany
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The fishermen of Santa Barbara seek better working conditions fomr their shipowner. He rejects their request and they go on strike. The owner recruits personnel from a neighbouring country, contracting them at an auction. Soon rivalry develops between the two groups. The union seems impotent and extremist within it provoke a deadly conflict with the scabs wherein one of them is shot. This causes some of them to re-think the situation and abandon their post when they conclude that the boss had seduced them with promises.

Only a few obstinate ones continue to go fishing.

One young man infiltrates their ranks and provokes a rebellion wich spreads all along the coast.

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97 m.
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Germany
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