Furnace Builders
6.3
At the Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost an der Oder, a new blast furnace is being moved to replace a burnt-out one. 2000 tons have to be moved 18 meters: Three times we hear it in the commentary. Master Klaus is now in command. His orders are to be obeyed at all costs. Men at work: tense faces, examining hands, the sound of screeching winds and steel cables stretched to breaking point. Everything is going well, and it is a new best performance: The downtime of the plant has been reduced from 80 to 40 days, the commentary says.
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Jürgen Böttcher Director · Walter Roßkopf Cinematographer Christian Lehmann Cinematographer
First release November 13, 1962 · Produced in XG · Original title Ofenbauer
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DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Production
XG
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Original title
Ofenbauer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 13, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
France
April 20, 1994 · Ciné-Art, Metz
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