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...

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...

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...

Promotional film for "AEG".

An animated commercial for tire company Excelsior Reifen.

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

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

An abstract animation from Walter Ruttmann.

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

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

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

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.

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

Commercial for the GESOLEI health and art exhibition in Düsseldorf.

A short film by Walther Ruttmann.