The Rise And Fall of the Wall – The Cinema of East Germany

Shunters

Rangierer

Jürgen Böttcher

A GDR version of cinéma verité (filmed with Thomas Plenert’s 35mm hand camera), this film offers viewers a glimpse into the physically-demanding and dangerous precision work of experienced shunters. Day and night, in all kinds of weather, they hook and unhook railway cars in the largest goods-and-shunting station in the former GDR: Dresden-Friedrichstadt. Impressive images of the dignity of the working man.

17-10-2019
21:30 • DDR • 85’
Cinemateca
Sala M. Félix Ribeiro

The Rise And Fall of the Wall – The Cinema of East Germany