Walter Ruttmann

Walter Ruttmann

Walter Ruttmann 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 1920s. His first abstract short films, Lichtspiel: Opus I (1921) and Opus II (1923), were experiments with new forms of film expression. Ruttmann and his colleagues of the avant garde movement enriched the language of film as a medium with new formal techniques. Ruttmann was a prominent exponent of both avant-garde art and music. His early abstractions played at the 1929 Baden-Baden Festival to international acclaim despite their being almost eight years old. Ruttmann licensed a Wax Slicing machine from Oskar Fischinger to create special effects for Lotte Reiniger. Together with Erwin Piscator, he worked on the film Melody of the World (1929), though he is best remembered for Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, 1927). During the Nazi period he worked as an assistant to director Leni Riefenstahl on Triumph of the Will (1935). He died in Berlin of wounds sustained when he was working on the front line as a war photographer.

  • Title: Walter Ruttmann
  • Popularity: 2.122
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1887-12-28
  • Place of Birth: Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Walther Ruttmann
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Walter Ruttmann Movies

  • 1929
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    The Storming of La Sarraz

    The Storming of La Sarraz

    1 1929 HD

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

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  • 1927
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    Metropolis

    Metropolis

    8.1 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    7.5 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    7.5 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    7.5 1927 HD

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  • 1931
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    End of the World

    End of the World

    4.8 1931 HD

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  • 1929
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    Melody of the World

    Melody of the World

    6.7 1929 HD

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  • 1926
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    Game of Waves

    Game of Waves

    5.8 1926 HD

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  • 1921
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    Lightplay Opus II

    Lightplay Opus II

    5.9 1921 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Winner

    The Winner

    5.6 1921 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Wonder

    The Wonder

    6.3 1922 HD

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  • 1921
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    Lichtspiel: Opus I

    Lichtspiel: Opus I

    6 1921 HD

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  • 1924
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    Opus III

    Opus III

    6.6 1924 HD

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  • 1925
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    Opus IV

    Opus IV

    6.2 1925 HD

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  • 1931
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    In the Night

    In the Night

    7.1 1931 HD

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  • 1940
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    German Armaments

    German Armaments

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

    Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Rediscovered Paradise

    The Rediscovered Paradise

    6.5 1925 HD

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  • 1933
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    Steel

    Steel

    5.2 1933 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Climb

    The Climb

    6.8 1926 HD

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  • 1930
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    Weekend

    Weekend

    6.75 1930 HD

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  • 1933
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    Blood and Soil

    Blood and Soil

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1940
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    Deutsche Panzer

    Deutsche Panzer

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1927
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    Where the Rhine...

    Where the Rhine...

    7.2 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Climb

    The Climb

    6.8 1926 HD

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  • 1935
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    Metall des Himmels

    Metall des Himmels

    5 1935 HD

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  • 1927
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    Hoppla, wir leben

    Hoppla, wir leben

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1931
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    Feind im Blut

    Feind im Blut

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Feind im Blut

    Feind im Blut

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1931
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    Feind im Blut

    Feind im Blut

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1935
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    Triumph of the Will

    Triumph of the Will

    6.959 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    Mannesmann

    Mannesmann

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Mannesmann

    Mannesmann

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1924
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    Opus III

    Opus III

    6.6 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    Opus III

    Opus III

    6.6 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    Opus III

    Opus III

    6.6 1924 HD

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  • 1933
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    Steel

    Steel

    5.2 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Steel

    Steel

    5.2 1933 HD

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  • 1928
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    The White Stadium

    The White Stadium

    7.429 1928 HD

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