Walter Ruttmann's Berlin. Die Sinfonie der Großstadt is a masterpiece of experimental
documentation that captures the vibrant energy of Berlin in the 1920s. The film
shows life in the city in an impressively rhythmic interplay of images and
music. Ruttmann's visionary technique, with which he depicts the city as a kind
of living organism, had a lasting influence on the genre of city documentaries.
documentation that captures the vibrant energy of Berlin in the 1920s. The film
shows life in the city in an impressively rhythmic interplay of images and
music. Ruttmann's visionary technique, with which he depicts the city as a kind
of living organism, had a lasting influence on the genre of city documentaries.
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Stephan Graf v. Bothmer
POSTER Stephan Graf v. Bothmer
Through its
innovative use of montage and rhythmic editing techniques, the film succeeds in
conveying the feeling of a vibrant, constantly changing metropolis. Berlin.
Die Sinfonie der Großstadt is one of the earliest and most powerful homages
to urban life and demonstrates film's skill in creating visual poetics and
transforming daily life into an artistic representation.
With his spectacular silent film concerts, Stephan Graf v. Bothmer fills theaters and
concert halls on five continents. He has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein
Festival and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, as well as in Berlin at the
Admiralspalast, the Wintergarten Varieté and the Berlin Cathedral, as well as
at the Rock-Pop Festival at Tempelhof Airport after Björk, Blur and the Pet
Shop Boys.
Bothmer's
compositions are characterized by an irrepressible joy of playing and
virtuosity that combines echoes of Chopin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd and
electronic music in a unique way.
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Dates
March 2025
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