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Walter Ruttmann
Writer 1887 - 1941

Walter Ruttmann

Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany

Walter Ruttmann (28 December 1887 – 15 July 1941) was a German film director and along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger was an early German practitioner of experimental film. Ruttmann was born in Frankfurt am Main; His film career began in the early... Read full bio →

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Triumph des Willens

Triumph des Willens

Leni Riefenstahl 1935 1h 54m 8.1

The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany

Acciaio

Acciaio

Walter Ruttmann 1933 1h 7m

In the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends: Mario and Pietro, fight for the love of the same girl, Gina. Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The other workers think Mario is responsible for the death of his friend.

Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt

Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt

Walter Ruttmann 1927 1h 9m 6.8

Berlin is Walter Ruttmanns black and white documentary of Berlin in 1927. The big city symphony shows a day in the life of metropolitan Berlin. Showing the industrial uprising as well as the lives and working circumstances of the time.

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