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Shunter

OT: Rangierer

Jürgen Böttcher // 1984
Documentary Feature // FF2014
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Story

Documentary Insights into the working life of experienced shunters working at the Dresden-Friedrichstadt goods yard. In all weathers, day and night, they couple and uncouple the wagons. The air is full of sound: hammering, steps crunching on the gravel, whistles and shunting noises. “Impressive pictures of the dignity of the worker” Shunter runs with Die Küche as double feature.

Director

Jürgen Böttcher (*1931) was one of the great artists of the GDR, both as documentary film-maker and as a painter working under the pseudonym Strawalde. In 2006, he was awarded the Berlinale Camera.

Info

Rangierer

Documentary Feature

German

DDR Deluxe//FF2014


1984

22 min

OV

Jürgen Böttcher

Jürgen Böttcher, Ulrich Eifler

Thomas Plenert

Gudrun Plenert

Deutsche Kinemathek

Deutsche Kinemathek, DEFA Film Library (USA)

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