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Where to Watch Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927) in the US
- 1927
- Not Rated
- 1h 5m
- 7.6IMDb
- 86%Rotten Tomatoes
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What it's about
Preceding Dziga Vertov's Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929), and before Adolf Hitler's rise to power, Walter Ruttmann's urban symphony of Berlin is a semi-documentary in five acts. Employing an enthralling visual rhythm, seamless jump-cuts, double-exposures, and a sense of perpetual motion, this non-narrative love-letter to the bustling German capital documents a single day in the life of Berlin, from sunrise until late at night, and everything in between. Against the backdrop of ceaseless movement, the camera swiftly follows the myriads of workers as they flock into towering factories, then, it moves from work to all sorts of entertainment, never shying away from sharp contrasts: the rich and the poor; humans and heavy machinery; beauty and ugliness.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Walter Ruttmann
- Writer
- Carl Mayer, Walter Ruttmann, Karl Freund
- Starring
- Paul von Hindenburg
Details
- Release date
- May 13, 1928
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Where to Watch Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis in the United States?
- Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis is available with a subscription, free with a participating library card, free, or to rent in the United States. Watch the movie with a subscription on GuideDoc, HBO Max (HD), and IndieFlix (HD). Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Fawesome (HD) and Kanopy (HD). Watch the movie free on Darkroom (HD). Rent the movie on Fandango at Home and Prime Video.
- Can I stream Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis or do I have to rent it in the United States?
- Watch the movie with a subscription on GuideDoc, HBO Max (HD), and IndieFlix (HD). Rent the movie on Fandango at Home and Prime Video.
- Can I watch Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis for free in the United States?
- Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Fawesome (HD) and Kanopy (HD). Watch the movie free on Darkroom (HD).
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