The Man Who Met the Trains
(Der Mann an der Rampe)
GDR, 1988, 13 min, color/b&w
In German; no subtitles
Der Mann an der Rampe © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
| Heynowski, Walter |
| Scheumann, Gerhard |
| Wischnewski, Traute |
| Heynowski, Walter |
| Scheumann, Gerhard |
| Donth, Horst |
| Goldner, Winfried |
| Katzer, Georg |
| Schwarz, Eberhard |
| Niklaus, Walter |
| Scheumann, Gerhard |
| DEFA Studio for Documentary Films |
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Synopsis
A top administrator in the Federal German armed forces measures the machinery of murder at Auschwitz according to the effiency principle and deems it a triumph. Dealers of military wares sell all the components for a do-it-yourself SS officer, which the documentary assembles piece by piece from a price list: a complete Hauptsturmführer for 2,921 Deutschmarks, ready to meet the trains arriving at Auschwitz.
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