Herring from the Conveyor Belt Women talk about their work operating the Baader 33 fish processing machine, manufactured in Lübeck. Used from 1964-1991, it was reactivated for this film.
Skagerrak A raw and beautiful film about fisherfolk working in dangerous waters – from deploying the fishing nets to the slaughter, and packing the catch in ice.
Synopsis
Herring from the Conveyor Belt: Women talk about their work operating the Baader 33 fish processing machine. Manufactured in Lübeck, the filleting machine was intended to imitate the motion sequence of humans. Used at the G. Friedrich company in Hamburg between 1964 and 1991, this “top model of the post-war era” for automated workflow was reactivated for this film and afterwards moved to Hamburg’s Museum of Work.
Skagerrak: In 2018, photographer and filmmaker Werner Lebert spent a total of 38 days aboard the fishing trawler J. von Cölln out of Cuxhaven, in the raw and stormy North Sea. The fishing trips took the nine-person crew on board the 42-metre long, 12-metre wide boat through the northern Skagerrak Strait as far north as the Faroe Islands. Storms with winds up to 10 or 11 on the Beaufort scale are not uncommon in those waters. It was under those harsh conditions that the director and his cameraman documented the work of the crew – from deploying and reeling in the nets, to slaughtering the fish by hand, and storing the catch on ice. Fish can remain on board for a maximum of seven days before losing their status as fresh fish … “Skagerrak” is a precisely observed record that captures with great immediacy both the rigours of the profession and the beauty of the sea, conveying them with realism and an appropriate lack of sentimentality.
Herring from the Conveyor Belt Director: Leslie Franke Writer: Elisabeth von Dücker Camera: Leslie Franke Cast: Arbeiter:innen der Fischfabrik Gottfried Friedrichs KG GmbH&Co. in Hamburg, Herbert Richter (Firma Rud. Baader)
Skagerrak Director: Werner Lebert Writer: Werner Lebert Camera: Bernd Effenberger, Werner Lebert Cast: Crew of the J. v. Cölln with captain Fritz Flindt
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