A documentary by Walther Ruttman, dealing with a day in the life of a city and heavily influenced by Eisenstein’s ‘Potemkin’. Ruttman emphasized visual rhythms in his cutting and strove to give his films a symphonic organization and as such the film was widely influential to other filmmakers showing how the motifs of everyday life could be patterned thematically. Suitable for Upper Secondary level students.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
506780
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Berlin (Germany)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Germany
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)