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198779 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Wenn man eine Liebe hat

198779 minPGdocumentary

7.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Sixty percent of all machine tools in the GDR were produced by WMW "Fritz Heckert" in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1986.

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Sixty percent of all machine tools in the GDR were produced by WMW "Fritz Heckert" in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1986.

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Gitta Nickeldirector

Wolfgang Schwarzewriter

Gitta Nickelwriter

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Detlef Kalweit leads a youth brigade at WMW "Fritz Heckert" in Karl-Marx-Stadt, a major producer of machine tools in the German Democratic Republic. In 1986, the factory accounted for 60% of all machine tools manufactured in the GDR. The documentary features the daily lives and work of the Heckert employees, focusing on the dynamics within the youth brigade as they navigate their roles in a significant industrial setting.

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