berlin, germany,city portrait,black and white,train,avant-garde,silent film,city symphony,poetic documentary

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)

Poster for Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Walter Ruttmann
  • Profile picture of Paul von Hindenburg
    Self Paul von Hindenburg

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Keywords

  • berlin, germany
  • city portrait
  • black and white
  • train
  • avant-garde
  • silent film
  • city symphony
  • poetic documentary