Wonderful Berlin in 1927 in color, “Symphony Of A Metropolis“.

Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis or Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (German: “Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt“) is a 1927 German film directed by Walter Ruttmann, co-written by Carl Mayer and Karl Freund. Original German title: “Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt“. Composer Edmund Meisel wrote a great orchestral score for its original release. The film consists of five acts, each with a different theme, related to daily life in Berlin almost a century ago. It shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at dawn and ending deep into the night. Actually it took 18 months to shoot all the scenes in this film!
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