Workingman's Death

Workingman's Death
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Directed by	Michael Glawogger
Written by	Michael Glawogger
Produced by	Pepe Danquart Erich Lackner Mirjam Quinte
Cinematography	Wolfgang Thaler
Edited by	Ilse Buchelt Monika Willi
Music by	John Zorn
Distributed by	Paul Thiltges Distributions
Release dates	September 2005 (2005-09) (Venice Film Festival) 25 November 2005 (2005-11-25) (Austria)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	Austria
Languages	Pashto, Yoruba, German, English, Igbo, Indonesian, Mandarin, Russian

Workingman's Death is a 2005 Austrian-German documentary film written and directed by Michael Glawogger. It premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. The film deals with the extremes to which workers go to earn a living in several countries around the world.

The film is composed of six chapters. The first five depict hazardous conditions of hard laborers around the world and the sixth shows contrasting scenes of youths in a former German industrial complex which had been converted into a leisure park:

1. "Heroes" – Miners of Donets Basin, Ukraine
2. "Ghosts" – Sulfur carriers in Ijen, Indonesia
3. "Lions" – Butchers in an open-air market in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
4. "Brothers" – Welders in the Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan
5. "The Future" – Steel workers in Liaoning, China
6. "Epilogue" – Youths in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Germany