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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 73 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Originally produced by Flicker Alley in 1922. |
| Summary |
At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinema's ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt) offers a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in the life of a bustling metropolis. Carl Mayer (The Last Laugh), influenced by the naturalistic Kammerspiel movement, envisioned "a melody of pictures" sprung from daily reality instead of the stylized artificiality of the studio-bound expressionist film. Following Mayer's rough outline, photographer Karl Freund deployed a team of cameramen to explore the avenues, alleyways and factories of Berlin and secure hidden-camera glimpses of the people and machinery that provide the city with its constant motion. The many hours of footage were then edited into a series of five acts, like movements of a symphony, by Walther Ruttmann as a continuation of his experiments with abstract motion (see Opus I). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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City symphonies (Motion pictures) -- Germany -- Berlin.
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Silent films.
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Travel.
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Berlin (Germany) -- Description and travel.
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Germany -- Berlin.
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Feature films.
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Ruttmann, Walter, 1887-1941, film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1158794 Kanopy |
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