Walter Ruttmann

German film director (1887-1941)

Walter Ruttmann was a German cinematographer and film director, an important German abstract experimental film maker, along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger. He is best known for directing the semi-documentary 'city symphony' silent film, with orchestral score by Edmund Meisel, in 1927, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis. His audio montage Wochenende (Weekend) (1930) is considered a major contribution in the development of sound collages and audio plays.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 16 films (1921–1935) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1921	Der Sieger AKA The Winner ▶	Walter Ruttmann
1921	Lichtspiel Opus 1. ▶	Walter Ruttmann	13 min		Color
1921	Opus II ▶	Walter Ruttmann
1922	Das Wunder ▶	Walter Ruttmann
1922	Der Sieger, Das Wunder ▶	Walter Ruttmann; Julius Pinschewer; Music: Kevin Mac Leod	5:29		Color	sound
1922	Lichtspiel Opus II ▶	Walter Ruttmann	3:45
1924	Lichtspiel Opus III ▶	Walter Ruttmann	3:54
1924	Opus III ▶	Walter Ruttmann	3 min		Color
1925	Das wiedergefundene Paradies AKA The Newly Found Paradise ▶	Lotte Lendesdorff; Walter Ruttmann
1925	Lichtspiel Opus IV ▶	Walter Ruttmann	4:19
1925	Opus IV ▶	Walter Ruttmann	4 min		Color
1927	Berlin	: symphony of a great city / directed by Walter Ruttmann ; screenplay by Ruttmann and Karl Freund.	70	16mm	B&W	silent
1927	METROPOLIS.	Paramount Famous Lasky Corp	8 reels		B&W
1934	Triumph of the Will	Riefenstahl Leni	114 min	16mm	Color & B&W	sound
1934	Triumph of the Will	phenix	110 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1935	Stuttgart	: the German city midst forest and vineyard / production group, Dr. Ulrich Westerkamp ; director, Walter Ruttmann.	11	16mm	B&W	sound