Hilde Breitner(1975)

movie - first aired/released 1975-12-02 - audience 8.0

Drama

Directed by Peter Beauvais

Hilde Breitner, a contented factory worker, faces upheaval when her husband becomes disabled and dies from occupational illnesses. Financial setbacks hit her daughters - one loses her new snack stand, the other abandons university to work in the factory - forcing Hilde to confront her own economic vulnerability. Awakening to workers’ rights, she becomes her workplace’s employee representative, learning to advocate for change.