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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin, die Symphonie der Großstadt

1927·69 min·DE
Director: Walter Ruttmann
Documentary

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.

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

Paul von Hindenburg

Paul von Hindenburg

Self

Crew

Walter Ruttmann

writer

Robert Baberske

cinematographer

Edmund Meisel

composer

Karl Freund

writer

Reimar Kuntze

cinematographer

Karl Freund

cinematographer

Laszlo Schäffer

cinematographer

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