Berlin: Symphony of a big city
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Berlin: Symphony of a big city |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 77 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Thomas Schadt |
| script | Thomas Schadt |
| production |
Nico Hofmann Thomas Schadt Mathias Schwerbrock |
| music |
Helmut Oehring Iris ter Schiphorst |
| camera | Thomas Schadt |
| cut | Stephan Krumbiegel |
Berlin: Symphony of a Big City is a black and white film that was shot in 2002 based on the script and directed by Thomas Schadt and is a tribute to Walter Ruttmann's legendary documentary Berlin - The Symphony of the Big City from 1927. It is 77 minutes long.
The documentary film describes a day in the big city of Berlin and is based on the black and white silent film Berlin - The Symphony of the Big City, shot by Walter Ruttmann in 1927 , which also, with musical accompaniment, describes a day in the big city of Berlin. As with Ruttmann, Schadt's film is based on the tension curve of a symphony , although here it is much flatter. The mood of optimism and the hectic pace of the 1920s , which dominated the rhythm of the predecessor, has largely given way to a certain melancholy. The film reinterprets Ruttman's approach and shows the ruptures and wounds that Berlin suffered as a result of the war and the years that followed, both socially and in the cityscape.