Documentary · East Germany · 1989 · 12m

The Man Who Met the Trains

Der Mann an der Rampe

Director

Gerhard Scheumann Walter Heynowski

Cast

Gerhard Scheumann as Narrator (voice) Walter Niklaus as Narrator (voice)

Crew

Traute Wischnewski — Editor Gerhard Scheumann — Writer Walter Heynowski — Writer

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. Militaria dealers market all the components for a do-it-yourself SS officer. The film assembles on, piece by piece, from a price list: the complete Hauptsturmführer for 2,921 Deutschmarks, ready to meet the trains arriving at Auschwitz with the appropriate aluminium lurex armband at 45 Marks.

Key Collaborators

Gerhard Scheumann Director Walter Heynowski Director Traute Wischnewski Editor Gerhard Scheumann Writer Walter Heynowski Writer

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