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Berlin, symphony of a great city /

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A cross section of life in Berlin from dawn to midnight on a late spring day. Uses montage, cutting, and editing to capture the pulse and tempo of this city.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt.
Corporate Authors: Image Entertainment (Firm), Fox-Europa (Firm)
Other Authors: Ruttmann, Walter, 1887-1941, Freund, Karl, 1890-1969, Mayer, Carl, 1894-1944
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:Introductory titles in German; no dialogue or narration; with added orchestral accompaniment.
Published: ©1999
Subjects:
Berlin (Germany) > Description and travel.
Experimental films.
Silent films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Feature films.
Animated films.
Description
Summary:A cross section of life in Berlin from dawn to midnight on a late spring day. Uses montage, cutting, and editing to capture the pulse and tempo of this city.
Item Description:Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1927.
A foreign film (German).
Includes the short film Opus 1 (10 min.) made by Ruttmann in 1922.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital stereo.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Photography, Reimar Kuntze, Robert Baberske, Laszlo Schäffer ; music composed & conducted by Timothy Brock ; performed by Olympia Chamber Orchestra.