Rolf Spietz has been a belayer for 35 years now. It’s his and his co-workers job to tie up the container ships safely to bollards at the dock. But this summer will be the last for Rolf, he is going to retire. Saying goodbye to the harbor isn’t easy for him, but he has new plans: He will draw ships now, what else?!

Written and directed by Heike Schieder Director of photography Markus Schlott Sound Olaf Junior Edited by Karen Tonne Location Manager Moritz Widmann Producer Stefan Bomhof Executive producer Jörg Kunkel Editorial department Birgit Schanzen (NDR) Head of production Ulrich Lenze Produced for NDR Air date 07/10/2014 » back