Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 5min
- Documentary
- 13 May 1928 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast
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Paul von Hindenburg | ... |
Self (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Walter Ruttmann | ... | (as Walther Ruttmann) |
Written by
| Carl Mayer | ... | (idea) |
| Walter Ruttmann | ... | (screenplay) (as Walther Ruttmann) & |
| Karl Freund | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Karl Freund | ... | producer |
Music by
| Edmund Meisel | ||
Cinematography by
| Robert Baberske | ||
| Reimar Kuntze | ||
| László Schäffer | ... | (as Laszlo Schäffer) |
| Karl Freund | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Walter Ruttmann | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
| Erich Kettelhut | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Karl Freund | ... | production supervisor |
Art Department
| Georgii Stenberg | ... | poster artist: Soviet Union |
| Vladimir Stenberg | ... | poster artist: Soviet Union |
Music Department
| Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin | ... | music performer: 2009 restored version |
| The Olympia Chamber Orchestra | ... | music performer: 1994 version |
| Bernd Thewes | ... | music arranger: 2009 restored version |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Fox Film Corporation (1928) (United States) (theatrical)
- Image Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Edition Filmmuseum (2008) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Flicker Alley (2015) (United States) (DVD)
- Flicker Alley (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Kino Video (United States) (VHS)
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Storyline
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Preceding Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929), and before Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Walter Ruttmann's urban symphony of Berlin is a semi-documentary in five acts. Employing an enthralling visual rhythm, seamless jump-cuts, double-exposures, and a sense of perpetual motion, this non-narrative love-letter to the bustling German capital documents a single day in the life of Berlin, from sunrise until late at night, and everything in between. Against the backdrop of ceaseless movement, the camera swiftly follows the myriads of workers as they flock into towering factories, then, it moves from work to all sorts of entertainment, never shying away from sharp contrasts: the rich and the poor; humans and heavy machinery; beauty and ugliness. Written by Nick Riganas |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The shooting was done over 18 months though the resulting feature gives the impression of just one day in the city. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Lulu in Berlin (1984). See more » |