Die Küche (The Kitchen)

1987, b/w, 43 min., documentary
Dir.: Jürgen Böttcher
Script: Ulrich Eifler
Camera: Thomas Plenert
Music: Henner Goltz, Eberhard Pfaff
VHS-PAL, no subtitles - renting information

Synopsis:

This documentary follows a group of women on a typical workday as they prepare meals for a dockyard in Rostock. The viewer never learns their names- there are no interviews. The women are presented simply as workers: cooking, cleaning, hauling, and serving dishes amid clanking pots and hot steam.