Original title: Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt
Year: 1927
Runtime: 1 hr 12 mins.
Country: German
Language: Silent
Subtitles: N/A
Genre: Documentary
Director: Walter Ruttmann
Cast:
Paul von Hindenburg … Himself (uncredited)
Plot/Synopsis:
This release is part of the Treasures of the Weimar Republic Series.
Also included on this DVD is Opus 1 1922, 10 min., a rare example of the German avant-garde cinema. Director Walther Ruttmann’s hand-colored film is an exploration of the geometry of movement.
Walter Ruttman’s famous documentary about one day in the life of the great city of Berlin. A groundbreaking movie that unleashed a series of imitations, derivations and other forms of hommage. The montage of moving images creates both atmosphere and narratives, without recurring to words – written or spoken.
At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimar Berlin and a timeless demostration of the cinema’s ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, This orchestral film is a classic of Weimar cinema. A lyrical portrait of a bustling metropolis in late Spring begins with daybreak. Slowly the city awakens with signs of activity. Faithful commuters, morning delivery trucks and cross-town buses start to make their way through this urban center. Eventually, the city’s a pulsating organism teeming with activity and moving to the rhythm of its own daily schedule. But as the day comes to an end, the city shuts down and goes to bed so that it may meet tomorrow morning anew.
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Berlin: A Symphony of a Big City (1927)
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