Movies: Walter Ruttmann

  • 1935
    Triumph of the Will

    Triumph of the Will (1935)

    Triumph of the Will

    6.91935HD

    A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally....

    Triumph of the Will
  • 1928
    The White Stadium

    The White Stadium (1928)

    The White Stadium

    7.41928HD

    A profile of the 1928 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland....

    The White Stadium
  • 1927
    Metropolis

    Metropolis (1927)

    Metropolis

    8.11927HD

    In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences....

    Metropolis
  • 1924
    Opus III

    Opus III (1924)

    Opus III

    6.61924HD

    An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann....

    Opus III
  • 1929
    The Storming of La Sarraz

    The Storming of La Sarraz (1929)

    The Storming of La Sarraz

    01929HD

    A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema....

    The Storming of La Sarraz
  • 1921
    Lightplay Opus II

    Lightplay Opus II (1921)

    Lightplay Opus II

    5.91921HD

    An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann....

    Lightplay Opus II
  • 1926
    The Climb

    The Climb (1926)

    The Climb

    6.81926HD

    Commercial for the GESOLEI health and art exhibition in Düsseldorf....

    The Climb
  • 1922
    The Wonder

    The Wonder (1922)

    The Wonder

    6.31922HD

    An advertisement for Kantorowicz-Liköre, wherein our protagonists suffer no ill effects whatsoever from consuming alcohol....

    The Wonder
  • 1921
    The Winner

    The Winner (1921)

    The Winner

    5.61921HD

    An animated commercial for tire company Excelsior Reifen....

    The Winner
  • 1938
    Mannesmann

    Mannesmann (1938)

    Mannesmann

    01938HD

    Short version of the Mannesmann film that premiered the previous year....

    Mannesmann
  • 1926
    Game of Waves

    Game of Waves (1926)

    Game of Waves

    5.81926HD

    Promotional film for "AEG"....

    Game of Waves
  • 1925
    Opus IV

    Opus IV (1925)

    Opus IV

    6.21925HD

    An abstract animation by Walter Ruttmann....

    Opus IV
  • 1931
    The End of the World

    The End of the World (1931)

    The End of the World

    51931HD

    The plot concerns a comet hurling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions to people on the impending disaster....

    The End of the World
  • 1927
    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)

    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    7.51927HD

    A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War,...

    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
  • 1921
    Lichtspiel: Opus I

    Lichtspiel: Opus I (1921)

    Lichtspiel: Opus I

    61921HD

    Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shapes, some irregular, some pointed, others rounded. The abstract shapes move into or across t...

    Lichtspiel: Opus I
  • 1924
    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    7.71924HD

    Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Kriemhild....

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
  • 1940
    German Armaments

    German Armaments (1940)

    German Armaments

    01940HD

    Wehrmacht propaganda documentary about the might of the German armament factories and their inexhaustible reserves of war material made ready for use....

    German Armaments
  • 1931
    Feind im Blut

    Feind im Blut (1931)

    Feind im Blut

    41931HD

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    Feind im Blut
  • 1929
    Melody of the World

    Melody of the World (1929)

    Melody of the World

    6.71929HD

    An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over the world. The film is constructed like a symphony....

    Melody of the World
  • 1933
    Steel

    Steel (1933)

    Steel

    5.21933HD

    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 f...

    Steel