Rangierer
Shunting-station workers
Aiguilleurs
1984
German Democratic Republic (GDR)
20 minutes
no words
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
DEFA Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Editing :
Gudrun Plenert
Gudrun Plenert
Sound :
Stefan Edler
Stefan Edler
Photography :
Thomas Plenert; Frank Penzold
Thomas Plenert; Frank Penzold