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Berlin: die Sinfonie einer Großstadt
(Berlin: The Symphony of a Great City)
AKA [Berlin: die Symphonie einer Grosstadt], [Berlin, the Symphony of a Big City]
(1927) German
B&W : (length unknown)
Directed by Walther Ruttmann

Cast: (unknown)

Produced by Karl Freund. Scenario by Karl Freund and Walther Ruttmann, from an idea by Carl Mayer. Cinematography by Reimar Kuntze, Robert Baberske and Laszlo Schaffer. Music by Walther Ruttmann and Edward Meisel. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / [?] Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects?

Experimental.

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

Keywords: Germany: Berlin - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 27 January 2006.

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.

Home Video: DVD.

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