The Man Who Met the Trains

1989 12 min

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

East Germany

Spoken Languages

German de

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Cast

Gerhard Scheumann

Narrator (voice)

Walter Niklaus

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Gerhard Scheumann

Director

Winfried Goldner

Cinematography

Walter Heynowski

Writer

Gerhard Scheumann

Writer

Horst Donth

Cinematography

Walter Heynowski

Director

Georg Katzer

Music

Posters

External Links

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