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)
DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Deutsche Kinemathek: defa-filmverleih@deutsche-kinemathek.de, DEFA Stiftung: presse@defa-stiftung.de