84 years ago was the world premiere of Walter Ruttmann's Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927) instead. The film has changed our view of the modern city and its filmic representation radically. He's not a popular scientific culture movie, not a portrait of cities with postcard views - more of a document for a documentary which did not exist as a genre. After the premiere on 23 September 1927 praised the criticism, especially its new shape: a symphony of iconic cross section through the course of a day, emphasizing the rhythm of the assembly, the absence of a
storyline and inter-titles. Using single precision observed phenomena explored Ruttmann the essence of the city. He does not need electric entrenched views and denied recognition and above all the "teaching tactics" of contemporary culture film. Many image sequences of BERLIN. Die Sinfonie der Großstadt are now metaphors for the twenties, the rhythm and pace of Berlin, the big city life. Produced was Ruttmann's Berlin film from Fox Europa production, the German branch of the American Fox Film Corporation - her production manager Karl Freund was one of the most skilled cameramen of the German film and Carl Mayer, who contributed the idea for the film, one of his most creative writers. MORE
storyline and inter-titles. Using single precision observed phenomena explored Ruttmann the essence of the city. He does not need electric entrenched views and denied recognition and above all the "teaching tactics" of contemporary culture film. Many image sequences of BERLIN. Die Sinfonie der Großstadt are now metaphors for the twenties, the rhythm and pace of Berlin, the big city life. Produced was Ruttmann's Berlin film from Fox Europa production, the German branch of the American Fox Film Corporation - her production manager Karl Freund was one of the most skilled cameramen of the German film and Carl Mayer, who contributed the idea for the film, one of his most creative writers. MORE
