Fossil: A touching film about the battle of the miners!

Fossil: A touching film about the battle of the miners!

Ibbenbüren, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland - On April 3, 2025, ZDF shows the highly expected television film "Fossil", which is presented as part of a program focus on structural change and the turn of the time. The film illuminates the effects of the coal phase -out on the affected people in an empathetic and humorous way.

The main character Michael, represented by Markus Hering, is an experienced opencast mine who has been working in his job for four decades. But the changes in the energy structure also make his job stubborn. A large construction machinery project that Michael maintains has been quiet for a few weeks. The preparations for coal phase -out continue, led by his boss Horàk (Godehard Giese) and Ms. Endmonda (Mercy Dorcas Otieno).

conflicts and family support

The suicide of a colleague confronts Michael with the serious reality of structural change. He resolutely plans to defend himself against this change, while his wife Miri (Ruth Reinecke) supports the idea of ​​a lake landscape. Her daughter Anja (Victoria Schulz), on the other hand, is a convinced activist who lives in a protest camp together with her son Toni (August Schulz). These different perspectives within the family illustrate the emotional conflict that is accompanied by the coal phase -out.

"Fossil" will be available in the ZDF media library from Friday, April 4th and on Monday, April 7th, at 0.10 a.m. on ZDF. The accompanying documentary "We were buddies", which can also be seen in the ZDF media library from April 4th and from April 28 at 0.30 a.m. on ZDF, highlights the life of the last miners of the Ibbenbüren coal engine in North Rhine-Westphalia.

legal framework conditions

The topic of the coal phase -out is underlined by the Federal Government's coal exit law, which regulates the gradual termination of coal -wage generation in Germany by 2038 at the latest. This law aims to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and at the same time support the affected regions in structural change.

An important party point is also the coalition agreement of December 2021, which strives to prefer the coal phase -out in ideally in 2030. According to Federal Government , the proportion of coal-strain on 15 gigawatts (hard coal and brownoo) and 9 gigawatt are until 2030 and 9 gigawatt by 2030 (Brown coal).

up to 40 billion euros are planned by the federal government for structural change in coal regions by 2038, which should create new, high -quality jobs. The implementation of specific projects is made possible by a federal-state agreement. In addition, the effects of coal -fired power stilling are regularly checked on security of supply in order to grant consumers if necessary.

The coal phase -out is not only an economic, but also a social topic that is impressively processed by creative media such as the film "Fossil", and which reflects the fears and hopes of people in the affected regions.