Shunters

A shunter's job is to slow down, link, and unlink train wagons at a central station. The film documents - without any commentary - the working hours of few shunters at the shunting-station Dresden-Friedrichstadt, which was the largest such station in all of the former German Democratic Republic. They work day and night, amidst snow and fog at the railway tracks, speaking only as much as necessary.

Country:

East Germany

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

21 minutes

Year:

1984

Director:

Jürgen Böttcher

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Company:

DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

Cast:

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Writer

Writer

Editor