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Martha
Martha
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MARTHA

Directed by Jürgen Böttcher
East Germany, 1979
Documentary

Synopsis

Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt- as she has for decades- sorting through rubble. After a retirement party thrown for her by her male colleagues, she tells her story of being a rubble-woman in post-war Germany.

Synopsis

Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt- as she has for decades- sorting through rubble. After a retirement party thrown for her by her male colleagues, she tells her story of being a rubble-woman in post-war Germany.