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Berlin: die Sinfonie
einer Großstadt
(Berlin: The Symphony of a Great City)
Also known as [Berlin: die Symphonie einer Grosstadt], [Berlin, the Symphony of a Big City]
(1927) Germany
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Walther Ruttmann

Cast: Paul von Hindenburg [himself]

[?] Les Productions Fox Europa and/or Deutsche Vereins-Film? production. / Produced by Karl Freund. Scenario by Karl Freund and Walther Ruttmann, from an idea by Carl Mayer. Art direction by Erich Kettelhut. Production supervision by Karl Freund. Cinematography by Reimar Kuntze, Robert Baberske and Laszlo Schaffer [?] + [Karl Freund]. Music by Walther Ruttmann and Edward Meisel. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA on 13 May 1928. / [?] Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects?

Experimental.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Keywords: Germany: Berlin - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 27 February 2025.

References: Baer-Film p. 22; Bardèche-History p. 252; Bohn-Light pp. 133, 134, 159, 163, 164; Limbacher-Feature p. 20 : ClasIm-220 p. 11 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.

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