Walther Ruttman
Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt & Melodie der Welt
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Add rightsFormat 2 x DVD Interzone
Original format 35mm
Year 1920-1987
Artist(s) Walter Ruttman
Booklet 20 pages
Running time 139 min
Films
BERLIN, DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSSTADT (1927) 65'
LICHTSPIEL OPUS 1 (1920) 11'
OPUS 2 (1922) 3'
OPUS 3 (1924) 3'
OPUS 4 (1925) 4'
DER SIEGER (1922) 3'
DAS WUNDER (1922) 3'
DAS WIEDERGEFUNDENE PARADIES (1925) 6'
DER AUFSTIEG (1926) 4'
SPIEL DER WELLEN (1926) 3'
DORT WO DER RHEIN... (KOLORIERT) (1927) 3'
MELODIE DER WELT (1929) 48'
WEEKEND (1930) 11'
IN DER NACHT (1931) 7'
Radio broadcast with Walther Ruttmann, DER VISIONÄR BEWEGTER RHYTHMEN (1987) 86'
Unrestored version of LICHTSPIEL OPUS 1 (1921) 7'
Digital transfer of DORT WO DER RHEIN... (1927) 3'
Print comparison of MELODIE DER WELT (1929) 48'
Description
Walther Ruttmann is a pioneer of modern multimedia art. His early short films are unique experiments with form, color, and rhythm. His innovative advertisements combine abstract animation with concrete messages. The symphonic documentary Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt is one of the most celebrated silent classics, while 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 short film In der Nacht transforms music into images, prefiguring modern music videos.
This 2-DVD set brings together for the first time all of Walther Ruttmann's surviving works made between 1920 and 1931, in restored and reconstructed versions, often accompanied by original music. It also includes advertising cards, posters, programs, written documents as well as little-known paintings and drawings by Ruttmann.