Berlin: Symphony of a Great City / Melody of the World - 2-DVD Set ( Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt / Melodie der Welt ) ( Berlin: A Symphony of a Big City / World Melody )

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City / Melody of the World - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$46.99

Original Title: Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt / Melodie der Welt
Alternate Title: Berlin: A Symphony of a Big City / World Melody
Language Selections:
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
282 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1927 - 1929 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Walter Ruttmann

Written By:
Karl Freund
Carl Mayer
Wolfgang Ruttmann

Actors:
Walter Ruttmann
Ivan Koval-Samborsky ..... Der Matrose
Renée Stobrawa ..... Die Frau
Grace Chiang ..... Die Japanerin
O. Idris ..... Tempeltänzer
Heinrich Mutzenbecher ..... Leiter der Filmexpedition, Himself

Synopsis:

Walther Ruttmann is a pioneer of modern multimaedia art. His first short films are unique experiments with forms, rhythm and colors, his innovative commercials connected abstract animation art with concrete messages. The symphonic documentary Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt is one of the most famous silent cassics, the travelogue Melodie der Welt became the first German sound feature film. With the radio play Weekend Ruttmann created the first "sound film without images" while his sound short In der Nacht transforms music to images and is a prototype of modern music videos. The 2-disc DVD combines for the first time all surviving works by Walther Ruttmann from 1920-1931 in newly restored and reconstructed versions, often with original scores. It also includes lobby cards, posters, programs and text documents as well as little known paintings and drawings by Ruttmann.

Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt - Germany 1927 - Directed and written by: Walther Ruttmann - Photographed by: Karl Freund - Music by: Edmund Meisel - Produced by: Deutsche Vereinsfilm AG, Berlin - Premiere: September 23, 1927 (Tauentzien-Palast, Berlin)

Melodie der Welt - Germany 1929 - Directed and written by: Walther Ruttmann - Photographed by: Reimar Kuntze, Wilhelm Lehne, Rudolph Rathmann, Paul Holzki - Music by: Wolfgang Zeller - Cast: Ivan Koval-Samborskij, Renée Stobrawa, Bernard Shaw, Grace Chiang, Wilhelm Cuno - Produced by: Tonbild-Syndikat AG (Tobis), Berlin - Premiere: March 12, 1929 (Mozartsaal, Berlin)

Lichtspiel Opus 1 - Germany 1921 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Max Butting - Produced by: Walther Ruttmann, Munich - Premiere: April 1, 1921 (U.T. im Schwan, Frankfurt/Main)

Opus 2 - Germany 1922 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Joachim Bärenz (2008) - Produced by: Walther Ruttmann, Munich - Premiere: April 1922 (Frankfurt/Main)

Opus 3 - Germany 1924 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Hanns Eisler (1927) - Produced by: Walther Ruttmann, Munich - Premiere: May 3, 1925 (U.T. am Kurfüstendamm, Berlin)

Opus 4 - Germany 1925 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Helga Pogatschar (2008) - Produced by: Walther Ruttmann, Munich - Premiere: May 3, 1925 (U.T. am Kurfüstendamm, Berlin)

Der Sieger - Germany 1922 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Joachim Bärenz (2008) - Produced by: Julius Pinschewer, Berlin

Das Wunder - Germany 1922 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Joachim Bärenz (2008) - Produced by: Julius Pinschewer Werbefilm GmbH, Berlin

Das wiedergefundene Paradies - Deutschland 1925 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Joachim Bärenz (2008) - Produced by: Julius Pinschewer Werbefilm GmbH, Berlin

Der Aufstieg - Germany 1926 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Joachim Bärenz (2008) - Produced by: Julius Pinschewer Werbefilm GmbH, Berlin

Spiel der Wellen - Germany 1926 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Joachim Bärenz (2008) - Produced by: Julius Pinschewer Werbefilm, Berlin

Dort wo der Rhein... - Germany 1927 - Directed, written and photographed by: Walther Ruttmann - Music by: Joachim Bärenz (2008) - Produced by: Julius Pinschewer Werbefilm, Berlin

Weekend - Germany 1930 - Directed and written by: Walther Ruttmann - Produced by: Walther Ruttmann, Munich - Premiere: June 13, 1930 (Berliner Funkstunde)

In der Nacht - Germany 1931 - Directed and written by: Walther Ruttmann - Kamera: Reimar Kuntze - Music by: Robert Schumann - Cast: Nina Hansom - Produced by: Tobis-Melofilm GmbH, Berlin - Premiere: Oktober 12, 1931 (Titania-Palast, Berlin)

Walther Ruttmann, der Visionär bewegter Rhythmen - West Germany 1987 - Directed by: Irene Schuck - Drehbuch: Jeanpaul Goergen - Produced by: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich - Premiere: May 8, 1987 (BR 2)

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