On September 18, at Casa do Cinema, it will be presented one of the films that inspired Manoel de Oliveira to become direct Labour on the Douro River and that shaped his understanding of cinema as an art form.

Berlin: Symphony of a Great Cityis one of the most representative films of what came to be called the cycle of "City Symphonies". Throughout the world, from Paris to São Paulo, several filmmakers from the 1920s and early 1930s filmed the life of their cities. Only cinema, the art of movement, could capture and shape the pulsating modern city, with all its cars, trams, and busy streets. Taking advantage of the new possibilities of film editing, Walter Ruttmann, like so many others, re-enacted the city rhythms, making a film that, despite being silent, is a visual symphony.

Programme

BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY

Walter Ruttmann

GR | 1927 | 64 min.