Copper – one of the most important lubricants of the modern world, is being produced in the port of Hamburg. Without copper there would be no data highway, no telecommunications, no house building, no power supply. But where does the metal come from? The film from the NDR series “Wie geht das?“ will give answers on the complex manufacture of copper – from the delivery of the ore across the Elbe to the smelting and rolling out of the copper wire.

Written and directed by Veit Bentlage Director of photography Reiner Bauer Edited by Jochen C. Müller Production manager Sven Heiligenstein Producer Stefan Bomhof Executive producer Dagmar Rosenbauer Editorial Manager Birgit Schanzen (NDR) Format/duration Documentary / 30 minutes Produced for NDR Locations Hamburg Shooting period March 2016 » back