Walter Ruttmann Movies

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Documentary about the process of building tanks in Germany during the early days of World War II.

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

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

An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over...

Adam and Eve are cast out of Eden. They discover that flowers can bring both joy and solace.

An animated commercial for tire company Excelsior Reifen.

This live-action short subject commissioned for the 75th birthday of German romantic composer Robert Schumann juxtaposes flowing water imagery with...

Blood and Soil (German: Blut und Boden) refers to the ideology focussing on a concept of ethnicity based on descent (Blood) and homeland (Soil). It...

An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.

An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.

An abstract animation by Walter Ruttmann.

Promotional film for "AEG".

Nazi propaganda film about the embryo of metal falling from the sky, extracted by the German industry for various purposes.