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Menschen hinter Maschinen (1937)

Directed by Hans Fritz Wilhelm

Documentary, Drama · 16m

A railway employee in conversation with another man. The former presents two instruments used to test locomotives (test bench, measuring car). When asked, he emphatically explains that despite modern machines, people are indispensable for the operation of the Reichsbahn. The film then shows various Reichsbahn employees at their workplaces, engaged in staged dialogues with each other and with railway customers. Locomotive drivers and stokers, conductors, shunters at a station, signal box employees, and track workers are shown. Finally, railway workers are seen in their free time and socializing at a colleague's birthday party.

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Crew

Director
Hans Fritz Wilhelm
Writer
Hans Fritz Wilhelm, Paul Engelmann
Director of Photography
Hans Bastanier, Erich Menzel

Details

Release date
1937-09-20
Runtime
16m
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany
Production
UFA