Walter Ruttmann Movies

  • 1921
    Lightplay Opus II

    Lightplay Opus II

    Lightplay Opus II

    5.7941921HD

    An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.

    Lightplay Opus II
  • 1929
    Melody of the World

    Melody of the World

    Melody of the World

    6.71929HD

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

    Melody of the World
  • 1930
    Weekend

    Weekend

    Weekend

    5.8751930HD

    Wochende (Weekend) is a film initially commissioned by the Berlin Radio Hour. Prior to Weekend, Ruttmann had made numerous celebrated avant-garde...

    Weekend
  • 1929
    The Storming of La Sarraz

    The Storming of La Sarraz

    The Storming of La Sarraz

    01929HD

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

    The Storming of La Sarraz
  • 1934
    Altgermanische Bauernkultur

    Altgermanische Bauernkultur

    Altgermanische Bauernkultur

    01934HD

    A Nazi propaganda film meant to glorify German history and to persuade people that the Teutons weren't barbarians but had a notable culture of their...

    Altgermanische Bauernkultur
  • 1935
    Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

    Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

    Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

    01935HD

    Hans Schilling, who emigrated to Chile shortly before World War 1, comes from Valparaiso to visit his old hometown of Stuttgart after an absence of...

    Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben
  • 1940
    German Armaments

    German Armaments

    German Armaments

    01940HD

    Wehrmacht propaganda documentary about the might of the German armament factories and their inexhaustible reserves of war material made ready for use.

    German Armaments
  • 1940
    German Tanks

    German Tanks

    German Tanks

    61940HD

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

    German Tanks
  • 1935
    Metall des Himmels

    Metall des Himmels

    Metall des Himmels

    51935HD

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

    Metall des Himmels
  • 1927
    Where the Rhine...

    Where the Rhine...

    Where the Rhine...

    7.21927HD

    A short film by Walther Ruttmann.

    Where the Rhine...
  • 1933
    Blood and Soil

    Blood and Soil

    Blood and Soil

    01933HD

    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...

    Blood and Soil