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Berlin Symphony (2002)
Directed by Thomas Schadt
Documentary · 1h 17m
The documentary film describes a day in the big city of Berlin and is based on Walter Ruttmann's 1927 black-and-white silent film Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt, which also depicts a day in the big city of Berlin with musical accompaniment. As with Ruttmann, Schadt's film is also based on the tension curve of a symphony, although it is much flatter here. The spirit of optimism and hectic pace of the 1920s, which dominate the rhythm of its predecessor, have largely given way to a certain melancholy. The film reinterprets Ruttman's approach and shows the ruptures and wounds that Berlin suffered both socially and in the cityscape as a result of the war and the years that followed.
Crew
- Director
- Thomas Schadt
Details
- Original title
- Berlin: Sinfonie einer Großstadt
- Release date
- 2002-04-10
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Odyssee-Film, SWR