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Shunting-station workers
Aiguilleurs
Jürgen Böttcher
1984 German Democratic Republic (GDR) 20 minutes no words
© Progress Film Verleih
© Progress Film Verleih
© Progress Film Verleih

A film about the shunting yard workers at the Dresden-Friedrichstadt station. The railwaymen in the Ablaufberg Collective shunt, halt, hook up and disconnect some 1600 wagons every working day. The night shift has the toughest work, with the snow, ice and fog.

Production :
DEFA Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Editing :
Gudrun Plenert
Sound :
Stefan Edler
Photography :
Thomas Plenert; Frank Penzold

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