Released:
1980-01-27

Overview:
The film essentially uses the original text of the play. The weavers, who toil away at home, deliver their goods to the manufacturer Dreißiger and receive their meager wages. Led by the young weaver Bäcker and the former soldier Moritz Jäger, they form a resistance group and storm the manufacturer's villa, who barely manages to save himself and his family. As the revolt spreads, the king sends in the military to quell the uprising. The old weaver Hilse, who refuses to participate in the uprising for religious reasons, is hit by a stray bullet while sitting at his loom and dies.

Director:
Fritz Umgelter

Runtime:
0h 0min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Karin Baal
  as
  Frau Dreissinger
• 
  Klaus Maria Brandauer
  as
  Moritz Jäger
• 
  Thomas Braut
  as
  Der alte Wittig
• 
  Liane Hielscher
  as
  Luise
• 
  Martin Lüttge
  as
  Bäcke