Berlin - Symphony of a Metropolis (1927) | by Walther Ruttmann

The experimental silent film is the most important work of the German filmmaker Walther Ruttmann (1887 - 1941). He documented the daytime of the metropolis Berlin of the late 1920s.
At that time Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the first world war, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet a topic. Berlin was Germany's most cosmopolitan city. Together with Paris and London, Berlin was the cultural center of Europe.
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[@stellablue9589]

I was looking for my grandma in the faces, she was 28 then. My mom was 1. It’s like time travel, to see Berlin through Oma’s eyes. Danke für den tollen Film.

[@ESponge2000]

Du bist fast 65-75 Jahre alt, richtig? Ich bin aus Amerika und ich lerne Deutsch von Duolingo online. Ich schreibe alles ohne ein machine und ich studiere nur 6 Monaten deinen muttersprechen so es ist nicht perfekt. Meine Oma kommt aus Poland in circa 1948 aber ich will Detschland besuchen Und online ich habe viele Freunden in Deutschland In Deutsch, nicht einfach ist 1) Wann ist es “Der” vs “Die” vs “Das” , 2) wie dauert manchmal ist Große von ein Noun”…. 3) manchmal pronunciation anderen als Englisch.. ich lerne zuerst Deutsch Im July 2022 so nur sechts Monaten

[@felixjaf7738]

Ich konnte alles was du geschrieben hast verstehen. Lernst du immer noch deutsch? Dann bist du mittlerweile bestimmt viel besser geworden. @@ESponge2000

[@5cielbleu]

Incredible how fast time passes... Almost 100 years already! Only 12 years after that film, the war will start and all the city will disapear under ruins. Every time I see that kind of images, I get so emotional. But in the same time it is fascinating. It is part of our history... Thank you for sharing this awesome masterpeace. I am really impressed!

[@susannabonke8552]

Lots of German ideas from the monarchy era couldn't change with the speed of that city. Besides, the penalty for starting WWI was unbearable, nourishing radical groups on both ends of the political spectrum. A big part of the population wasn't sure about a republic and If this was a good thing.

[@Intel-i7-9700k]

@@susannabonke8552 Germany starting WW1 is highly debatable, when there were 4 countries that all contributed to the escalation, each in its own way.

[@christpf1]

Der Film war seiner Zeit weit, weit voraus. Zeigt viele Facetten, Armut und Reichtum im Überfluss. Es war vieles geregelt, aber nicht über regelt. Ein wunderbares Dokument aus der Zeit. Ich liebe diesen Film.

[@ernstgoldschmidtboeing7727]

Man sied und hört von der so genante guten alte Zeit ,ich bin 1933 geboren .bin jetzt 87 Jahre alt .

[@heikohamann3699]

Ernst Goldschmidtboeing haben die Generationen nach 1933 etwas gelernt ? Nein, wieder stehen wir vor neuen Kriegen. Militärische Bedrohunhen anderer Staaten ist der Anfang eines Krieges. Helmut Schmidt hat einmal gesagt: Wenn wir uns überall einmischen wollten wo himmelschreiendes Unrecht geschieht, der riskiert einen Dritten Weltkrieg. Der schweizer Historiker Dr. Daniele Ganser, Historiker Eugen Drewermann, Theologe, Prof.Dr. Gabriele Krone-Schmalz, Auslandkorrespondentin a.D. sind nur einige die sich für die Friedfertigkei der Länder untereinander einsetzen, sehr viele andere Persönlichkeiten treten ebenso öffentlich auf.

[@petraelpunkt9720]

Meine Mutter ist Jahrgang 1928 ... wir schauen gemeinsam die Doku und sie kann nicht glauben, dass sie so alt ist ... und jetzt noch den Corona-Zirkus mitmachen muß ... lhr Verstand arbeitet präziser, als das vieler Studenten 😉

[@leoncinoargentino7101]

ich bin 1890 geboren

[@Krambambulie]

@@leoncinoargentino7101 Hallo, junger Freund! Als meine Kameraden und ich 70/71 dem Franzmann in den Hintern traten, war es bis zu Ihrem Auftritt noch fast 20 Jahre hin. Jungspund!

[@groetanne6329]

@@leoncinoargentino7101 dann gib endlich den Löffel ab

[@AiredeBolleville]

Eine unfassbar wertvolle Sammlung von Bildern und Filmen vom alten Berlin!!

[@5cielbleu]

Incroyable comme le temps passe vite! Déjà 100 ans bientôt! Seulement 12 ans après ce film, une autre guerre va éclater et tout disparaîtra sous les ruines. Chaque fois que je vois ce genre d'images, je deviens émotive, mais en même temps, c'est toujours fascinant de revoir cette époque, cela fait partie de notre histoire. Merci d'avoir partagé ce chef-d'oeuvre, c'est magnifique. Je suis vraiment impressionnée!

[@LeRoi715]

Iconic film; one of the best in the history of cinematography. Thanks. Working class really worked hard . Great architecture .

[@dharryg]

If you are a history nerd like myself, this is spellbinding!

[@davidpinnock4227]

it; amazing Berlin looked like the centre of the universe back then! :)

[@TyDomi]

@@davidpinnock4227 it was the most technology advanced most modern City in the world in the 30's where the wealthy has TV. The allies had 12 man teams of technology seeker's that stole of of Germany's tech that fueled what we have now. Some experts an military leaders thought and still do that they had help from above. They even cover this in numerous episodes of Ancient Aliens & WWll Documentary's

[@davidpinnock4227]

@Last chance Cowboy Yes war is very sad - I also looked at Danzig/Gdansk before the war too and it looked amazing too - hopefully this does not happen again

[@maxabloff7649]

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[@mrmrmosse]

Wonderful film! And no disturbing music! Great!

[@chaosrunnerkmh802]

Alle Menschen sauber und ordentlich gekleidet. Ich möchte jetzt in den Bildschirm einsteigen und einfach dabeisein!

[@TOFKAS01]

Wenn du die in der Reaität und in Farbe gesehen hättest würdest du wohl anders Denken. Die Tabak- und Weinflecken siehst du ja nicht. Und die mangelnde Körperhygiene wegen fehlender Badezimmer dürfte vor allem von den ganzen Stumpen- und Pfeifenqualmereien überdeckt worden sein.

[@chillonna]

jaaa. hau ab. ab mit dir.

[@justlovelyaintit]

Hat leider nur einige Jahren gehalten.

[@haficammkft]

Heute ist Berlin eine Kloake....

[@mauricebederon869]

Man sieht schon bei den Arbeitern die nicht richtig sitzenden Hochwasser Hosen. Bei Frauen unordentliche Frisuren. Damals gab es keine Deos. Viel Spaß bei den einfachen Leuten.

[@MellorDR]

we have to be so grateful that these pioneers showed us a time and place that was gone so quickly

[@PeterMayer]

My mother was born in Berlin in 1926. My whole family came from there and emigrated to the United States in 1956. I was the only one that was born here in 1959. That said, Berlin was a beautiful city and it's very sad what happened.

[@harrymoore4038]

Yes, and it's a beautiful city again. Since unification a lot of work has been done and the Unter den Linden is getting back to where it was pre-war.

[@n.y.c.freddy]

N.Y.C. Freddy: *P. Meyer! OK! I can't believe what I've just seen (absorbed!) here in this *BERLIN film footage! (1926,1927) If this UPGRADE came to pass after KAISER Wilhelm (W.W. l.) [etc.] THEN = Why(?) = would "GERMANY" seek 'war'! (O.M.G. = ! ) Centuries AHEAD of the entire world at this juncture in time! This must be explained to me! I'm no dumbbell! This I JUST DON'T GET! Thank YOU! GREAT NATION .. no DOUBT! *PEACE*

[@FakePragma]

@@n.y.c.freddy Germany didn't seek war.

[@n.y.c.freddy]

@@FakePragma Ok., schizz., but., let's , see ,, the Open Book on the intake venue of iron ore, steel processing, smelting, and the war machine commencement year ? Manufacture. and intent.

[@FakePragma]

@@n.y.c.freddy back in that time Germany had the smallest army, not even efficient for self defence (due to treaty of versailles) A country without army cannot afford independent policy.

[@Trucker1957]

Seeing the beauty of life back then compared to today makes me want to cry. I would gladly give up all these modern conveniences to go back to that era. Thank you for sharing this wonderful film.

[@lordsod69]

Same here; what a great city, and also German culture.

[@stormfalcon11]

bro this was like right before a huge economic depression and actual hitler came to germany. are you sure

[@donbw34]

This was the brief period of semi prosperity propped up by American loans after a crippling period of war reparations. There was still a fair bit of political violence on the streets however Hitler was trying to keep a leash on his SA thugs in order to appear respectable for the upcoming elections in 1928. The Great Depression of 1929 was the catalyst that brought the Nazis to power and what followed less than ten years after this movie was made was horrendous.

[@richardsinger01]

Trucker John for a weeks holiday maybe, but after that I think the romance would evaporate.

[@saraw3418]

You could also be dead from half a dozen common illnesses at that time. Polio, diptheria, tuberculosis, scarlet fever. Lots of people died from tuberculosis then. No vaccines available.

[@philippeberaldin5457]

A million THANKS for having uploaded this film, which I've read about , and never seen .

[@AlexanderJScheu]

Berlin channel, und nicht zuletzt Walther Ruttmann (RIP) - bin Ihnen sehr verbunden teilnehmen zu dürfen an dieser überaus interessanten Exkursion.. genau dies Berlin - wie meine Mutter als junge Dame nach 'Deren - Schilderungen gelebt hat - und hier und heute dies nachempfinden kann..

[@765kvline]

A gem of a film. Beautiful capture of Berlin before the chaos of World War II.

[@paulvanbeurden]

Wunderbaren Bilder über Menschen und Arbeit wie eine Zeitmachine! Es war damals ein richtiges.Modernes Metropol!

[@pinedelgado4743]

My late mother was from Berlin. She was born there four years after this film was made. In 1957, she came to America by way of Great Britain and Canada. In 2014, she passed away and then came back to Berlin to be laid to rest there.

[@deborahkerr1604]

Wow, so she was there during WW2?

[@pinedelgado4743]

@@deborahkerr1604 Yes.

[@suplucianomauro4769]

great and beautiful story what was she last name?

[@jean-bernardbrisset4589]

I had never heard of Walther Ruttmann though I love the german cinema of that period. This film is a real masterpiece. What I find very extrordinary is that the persons, children being filmed seem not to notice they are filmed and don't pay attention to the camera. Scènes with children are very moving Camerawork is fantastic and the sequence of scenes is perfect.

[@samidesigner8889]

Germany is always creative

[@kreznreich]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Ruttmann

[@ahzootube]

Isnt it the guy who was making abstract art films and then with the nazis he started making propaganda films. Schade.

[@Liesl_Cigarboxguitar]

Yes..the cinematography is just sublime... I so love the 1920's

[@ralftolosa]

diese fantastischen bilder bringen uns in eine zeit zurück, die weniger schön war als uns dieses cineastische dukument erahnen läßt.

[@tomduggan51]

Vielen dank Berlin Channel- a splendid chronicle of our lovely city from morning to night-a wonderful time in history when life seemed so straightforward! Thanks for your great service!

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

Not just an amazing snap-shot across all layers of Society but also beautiful filmmaking. The framing alone makes it a joy to watch, despite the crop.

[@misswunderlich9345]

Faszinierend, die Frisuren, die Kleidung, die Technik. Und die Autos. Ich liebe diese Autos. Da machte fahren bestimmt noch Spaß. Gut , dass sie zu dieser Zeit noch nicht wussten, was Jahre später auf sie zukommt.

[@zitarfazarda7548]

Без войны мир был бы лучше, и Берлин тоже. Но всё случилось так, как случилось

[@user-wp4tp6pm3f]

Als Mensch der in dieser Zeit geboren wurde und die Veränderung hautnah erleben durfte muss das echt faszinierend gewesen sein Zeit Zeugen

[@cowleysbein9002]

Die Menschen haben allgemein eher ein Problem mit Veränderung, erstrecht wenn sie sehr zügig geschieht.

[@silvioporrini2941]

Ein schöner Film..Eine schöne Lebendigkeit wir hier dargestellt...

[@seyverbarreto6204]

Seeing this movie and listening to classical music takes you back to that time.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

A wonderful document of a time and place. The film-makers did a superb job. It's amazing how modern and sophisticated a lot of things were, not the technology we use now but nonetheless a highly advanced and organised society and surprisingly so because of the political turmoil Germany experienced in the 1920s - there were literally thousands of political assassinations - and the economic rollercoaster they went through too and would hit again in 1929. I see others comment on the destruction that lies ahead but it's worth remembering that this is not even 8 years since the end of the Great War when 1.8m German men died and 4.2m were wounded, the monarchy fell and their whole world went into chaos. The background here is the rapid rise of communism, to which Hitler and not moderate democracy was seen as the antidote.

[@nataschakovalenko6298]

Да, верно! Некоторые вещи, то есть автоматы по розливу молока и другие как будто из античной эпохи, а телефонная связь шнурами была аж до 21 века! Как будто отстала на 100 лет, пока сотовые телефоны не появились! Как то удивительно!

[@zitarfazarda7548]

Коммунизм был гораздо меньшей угрозой миру, чем нацизм

[@susannabonke8552]

@@zitarfazarda7548 yeah but it was all knew at the end of the old times. A violent epoch. One might even say those are two sides of the same coin.

[@questprotector]

it is amazing to me to be able to see people walking and talking before my parents were born.

[@nataschakovalenko6298]

А Мир уже существовал как то!

[@tolyasharasto4nik391]

Здорово.Мир всем. Frieden für alle. Gesund.

[@michaelfabian3036]

This is absolutely SPLENDID~well-done!!!.....EVEN in silence(film) and just shy of a century on, very special Berlin evokes such stronggg senses of longing, wonder, inquiry, thought, musings, fascination, and a certain melancholy for what went before & what was to come~a.k.a., the Interwar Period; a truly dynamic connection across time and culture and history, this is. Wonderful stuff!! :))

[@fioccovienna]

Ein wunderbares Zeitdokument - eine großartige Stadt - heute wie damals, nach Wien für mich die schönste und faszinierendste Stadt der Welt, auch heute noch. Danke für die fantastischen Videos - ich liebe diesen Kanal!

[@infuturum4195]

Sehe ich ähnlich. Daher sammle ich auf meinem Kanal, unter anderem, Musik aus dieser Zeit (oder habe es zumindest vor). Kannst ja mal vorbei schauen.

[@fioccovienna]

@@infuturum4195 klingt interessant - werde auf jeden Fall demnächst mal reinhören

[@birgits.7843]

Klasse Doku. Lieben Dank dafür. ❤️

[@MyDiesel101]

Absolutely Amazing! Thank You.

[@marvwatkins7029]

My late mother-in-law was a native Berliner. She might've seen this film once. She was certainly familiar with most of what was filmed, for she lived it.

[@CoxJoxSox]

What a great tribute to a great city. So beautifully filmed. Thank you for posting it.

[@CoxJoxSox]

Walther Rurrmann was quite the man - great work

[@AkramKhan-sf3yc]

The Difference is German Engineering, they were way ahead of the rest of the world countries

[@katzukki]

you sure don't know vienna and paris

[@trainrover]

The Big Apple too

[@robertbrawley5048]

Uninformed comment

[@monoecumsemper]

"They were way ahead of the rest of the world" ?? Stop spreading stupid myths ! They may have been one of the technologically leading nations before the Great War of 1914 - 1918 they lost with devastating financial consequences, and later fell back to developping nation status. That's what made millions flock to support genocidal murderers like Hitler in 1933, who as everybody knew was about to make another war on Jews and the rest of the world to overcome Germany's economic misery and urban squalor. Many of those without a future left the country for good emigrating to the US. The highlights of engineering you see in this video date back to the old days of pre 1914.

[@hebneh]

Actually the USA at that time was the most advanced country in the world in terms of how widespread technology was, and the standards of living. This was particularly true in ownership of cars, refrigerators, radios, and other machines.

[@izis6756]

Thank you for the upload ! It was a pleasure to watch .

[@gerberjoanne266]

What a treasure! Thank you for uploading this!

[@pabloa.5817]

Espectacular! thank you very much for all this material.

[@evapanowicz5815]

Danke sehr für dieses interessante Video,weil ich in diesem Jahr in Berlin ,im Oskar-Zieten-Krankenhaus geboren bin. Da habe ich nur noch eine chemenhafte Erinnerung.

[@WinrichNaujoks]

1927 geboren?

[@marcostovar7968]

Prima deutscher Film. Danke👍

[@michael.5360]

The sound of the movie projector reminds me of sitting in class watching a social studies film in1965

[@Captain_MonsterFart]

And 1985

[@choxxxieful]

Try 1955...

[@xXJoshua202Xx]

Wie schön wäre Deutschland ohne Krieg

[@xman4un]

Hard Gayner Muhh absolut! Aber war wahrend die Weimar Republic oder??

[@BogushCh]

Sie haben aber nichts verstanden, Herr Dormann...

[@bobinobaker]

+Joshua Dormann Wie schön wäre eine Welt ohne Krieg..... Wie schön wäre es wenn ein Teil der Deutschen heute nicht schon wieder den neuen Nazis hinterherliefen

[@teppichverkaufer9047]

bobinobaker Welchen Nazis? Meinst du die Kartellparteien (CDU, SPD, Grüne, Linke, FDP)?

[@Hornwiesel]

Chance vertan! Man kann die Zeit nicht zurückdrehen.

[@hugglescake]

The inter-bellum Berlin era was quite decadent. It's a time I would like to visit..

[@mickgatz214]

Thank You for sharing this, much appreciated. Mick I Australia)

[@OCTAVIANO5]

Das ist eine wertvolle und unglaubliche Dokumentation.

[@ZnenTitan]

It's amazing how much of what we think of as modern city life, the traffic, advertising, automation, anonymous crowds of commuters on their way to work, store front businesses opening up for the day, were all in place almost a century ago.

[@mrdiplomat9018]

I thought the same...those folks exiting the train, walking up the stairs- the daily grid, but German style 🍺 😊 At least they had a quality Hofbrau to drink when getting home 👍🇩🇪

[@luciaconn6788]

1927 had 800 thousand more in population than the of Berlin of today

[@mauriceperigord4612]

Most of that 1000 years ago also

[@jeffmoore9487]

Absolutely! Advertising everywhere. It also carefully, or by default, shows us the different social stratas. Some are picking stuff off the street or looking quite hard put, many drink beer and eat sausage, some champagne, and some eat oysters and lobster and arriving in gilded carriages. All playing out their "normal" lives together in a heavily industrialized society.

[@lexifillems]

So many people walking. And barely any cars.

[@dariowiter3078]

Wonderful film. It's great to see average German people going about their daily business, at work and at play. 🎬📽️🎞️🎥🎦 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪 😁😁😁😁😁

[@user-nf3gk4vn1e]

💓🇩🇪👍

[@NANONilsWORLD]

Sowas finde ich megainteressant... Danke für dies Video !

[@antoniobritto4881]

Berlin is a beautiful and amazing city forever.

[@ninorichter2391]

No longer. Sorry.

[@maratmanabekov9741]

Германия 🇩🇪 1920-х годов - высокоразвитое общество. Видеосъёмка замечательное, качество высокое и люди продвинутые. Спасибо 🙏 за видео, запечатлевший тот исторический период. Привет из Караганды (Казахстан’а)! 👍🙏🇰🇿🇩🇪

[@rahmamoaz9515]

Engenieering in 1927 i could not imagine this civilization at that time Great German

[@suevialania]

Berlin, wunderbar 💚❤👍

[@robertmortensen]

Der Erfindungsgeist das deutsche Volk war und bleibt unschlagbar.

[@petraelpunkt9720]

Robert Mortensen ... na ich weiß ja nicht 🤦🏼‍♀️ Allein der nie fertig werdende Berliner Flughafen ist schon eine Peinlichkeit ... Drosten und Wieler, incl. der doofen Regierung machen es auch nicht besser

[@kriskross63]

was wurde denn in Deutschland seit 1914 noch erfunden? Der Käfer war ein copy&paste vom Ford Model T... Der Wankelmotor vielleicht? Der Transrapid? alles nur .. Flops!

[@robertmortensen]

Deshalb ist Deutschland vor allen anderen wie ein Phönix aus zwei Weltkriegen auferstanden. Man muss sich nur ansehen, wie viele Patente die Deutschen angemeldet haben und wie technologieintensiv ihre Produkte und Dienstleistungen sind. Fakten sind hartnäckige Dinge!

[@jolakierzek102]

tak to prawda zwłaszcza kiedy taśmowo gazowali ludzi w obozach

[@wayinfront1]

Absolutely fascinating, and beautifully shot. Starts at 5am on a midsummer morning. Had to watch this film right through to the end.

[@eddiec4536]

Very awesome video of Berlin. This is quite a bit of history. Thank you for sharing. From California.

[@bernikick]

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[@death2pc]

What an incredible photographic eye................................

[@MarceloPereira-zc6mm]

😔 Causa uma sensação de melancolia em saber que TODOS que apareceram nessas gravações estão MORTOS !!!

[@RoyRogerer]

This channel is one of my favorite channel on KZbin. Not that I have watched all the videos, but as somebody who lives here, and always interested in the history of the city, these videos really give me a good idea how it used to be. Great to have a central place for some archival footages. If you guys find any, some more footages from East Berlin during the division could be very interesting, of how they lived and how the streets looked. :)

[@berlinchannel]

Thank you so much. Your comment is encouragement for us and also a confirmation that we are on the right path! You are absolutely right, we need for content about the East Berlin period and will continue to search for it.

[@karamuenster]

BERLIN CHANNEL Kudos!!

[@joanstanden7521]

RoyRoger A

[@pinguinomutante998]

Excelente Film, calidad en fotografía, planos y registros. Una película documental del Berlín de la Época.!!!

[@WillN2Go1]

I saw this film about 45 years ago. It's interesting what I remember watching it again. The stuff at the beginning, the technical stuff with the train tracks, cutting to increase the feeling of acceleration. Back then this seemed like real and useful information for filmmaking. To young video makers now it probably seems completely obvious. The light bulb manufacturing and for some reason the opening of the train shed doors. A lot of the rest of it just seems like the same kind of stuff like Dziga Vertov (spelling?). The takeaway? A shot is memorable if it is easily figured out, I don't know exactly what is happening to the light bulb, but I'm curious about what I'm seeing, not just seeing it. Probably if it is new information I can connect with something I already know. And perhaps (I"m stretching it) contained mostly in single shot. So Eisenstein took it too far. It works but.. maybe only for fatal violence. Some one making a movie now would probably want their shots and movie to be memorable. What's better than seeing something near the end that meant nothing at the beginning, but was remembered just enough to give the viewers an 'ah-ha!' Bad action movies are cut cut cut. But then there's Psycho. Did the chop chop chop in the shower sequence work? I think it did. But part of the set up was the shower curtain obscuring what was happening. What I conjecture is that in a violent situation that we survive, car accident, assault, someone shooting bullets in our direction (idiots, thank fully not aiming at me). There is at most one or two 'cuts' - shocks. You know where your heading and why, then cut another car heading right at you, then a utility pole, then you're upside down. So the car enters the normal shot. Jump to the utility pole, then jump to the car is upside down. (This was about 5 years after I saw Berlin Symphony). Tony Scott always comes to mind when I think of directors who cut way too much, not always. Just thinking out loud a bit. Thought it might be useful to younger videomakers. It's really difficult early on to know what works and what is just what lots of other people are doing. Also the directors and camera people who started in the silents? There's still a lot that can be learned from them.

[@gregfloh7732]

Danke an Walter Ruttman, der hier nur Bilder sprechen lässt.

[@mussanasser9222]

Ich liebe Berlin von ganzem Herzen.💖

[@hansbruhl9871]

Schön, ich lebte ebenfalls 24 Jahre in dieser Stadt.

[@45kayak]

The eyes behind this camera belonged to a genius.

[@globe255]

45kayak Why?

[@45kayak]

@@globe255 I'm no film expert and I don't know if it was the filming or the editing, but I found the movement and transitions to be mesmerizing. It brought life to the medium. It was like playing in a sporting event rather than simply watching it.

[@phoenixkoa9771]

I realize I am kind of off topic but do anybody know a good website to stream newly released movies online?

[@adanfinnley991]

@Phoenix Koa I would suggest flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

[@dantekyle6252]

@Phoenix Koa try Flixzone. Just search on google for it =)

[@johnerwin9024]

Interesting to see how things were before the war-

[@AliMustafa-rt1lt]

🌹Berlin is a beautiful and🌹 wonderful city I really enjoy watching 🌹🌹these old scenes but in peace and without war👍👍👍🌺🌺

[@madinaismailova8226]

Was damals in der Welt nicht geben konnte, aber es gab offensichtlich!! Phantastisch!!

[@Trucker1957]

The factory automation 12:42 is just amazing, and this is 1927! I'll take good old quality machining over today's high tech any day.

[@stuartwray6175]

The Internet, the microchip, networks of global corporatism are too complex or immaterial to be grasped and represented.

[@yourgirlme9163]

It's a great shame but I find it ominous in view of what's to come.

[@Cracktaculus]

Those light bulbs may still work, eh?

[@BeogradskiPlatan]

@@Cracktaculus True. I remember back in a day seeing documentary about a light bulbs, and one retired fireman somewhere in USA has pointed cameraman to a bulb high under the ceiling, that he had have installed as young fire-station freshman. And it was never replaced, still working.

[@maxbacon4828]

Trucker John at 13.12 I worked in a glassware factory in 1972 at Ravenhead Glass that used the same machine .They called it a Westlake Stemware Unit .

[@fabianibarraza563]

Wundervolles Berlín vídeo 🇩🇪♥️🇲🇽

[@musakerim4088]

Wer wohl diese Aufnahmen gemacht hat? Denn eine Kamera zu haben war damals nicht nur nicht erschwinglich, sie war auch -denke ich mal - nur besonderen Personen vorbehalten. Oder irre ich mich? Danke in jedem Fall für diese wichtige sozial-politische Bestandsaufnahme als Zeugnis der damaligen Zeit 🎉❤😊

[@peterschaffter826]

Wonderful film. Such a shame the original score (Edmund Meisel) is missing. I have seen a few pages from the score, but have never heard it.

[@raitisfreimanis]

Here's the score: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHiXkIWcrcR3osU

[@miguellindstrom4204]

Ein sehr interessanter Film. Vielen Dank dafür.

[@GerhardGuelde]

Ein wunderschöner, mir viel Liebe geschnittener, Film

[@user-en6dw8ly5p]

Снято в стиле Дзиги Вертова. Прекрасное кино и историческая память.

[@franciscovarela7127]

Brilliant storytelling, superb editing.

[@TheFranksantana]

Such a beautiful city then and now!

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

Sehr gut!

[@OswaldOstfalen]

Meine Großeltern waren damals zwei Jahre alt. Im März wird meine Omi 99❤!

[@robertcaffrey6097]

This is really fantastic footage many thanks for sharing.

[@michael.5360]

1984 Big Brother' s watching them

[@martinmurphy6036]

Wow ,never realise how advanced they were in those times.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

idiot

[@knightforbes1374]

@@doctorshawzy6477 You're pathetic 🙄

[@senshing3463]

Berlin was a leading civilization in the world

[@Dr.Pepper001]

They were as barbaric as they come.

[@Luis-vy9bm]

@@Dr.Pepper001 Says the American/British lol.

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Yeap. Plenty of engineers, doctors, scientist and laboures. Just not enough good people in the land.

[@humdidoadi]

@@itsjustnopinionok smell british tears

[@zepps88]

Who could've imagined what a horror show this city would turn into a decade later?

[@martabarroskorn5729]

Qué bello documento!!!!! Tan bien capturadas las imágenes, tan bueno el ritmo de la edición. Gcs por compartirlo

[@SalvatoreEscoti]

wie Krass, die Katzen und die Tauben sehen ORIGINAL wie heute aus... Wahnsinn:-)

[@WSLAE]

Exakt ! Die Menschen aber nicht-die sind irgendwie ausgetauscht worden, oder ?

[@kurtscheid1277]

Auch die katzen.

[@user-uo8dl1on3f]

Респект, сохранившим историю!

[@samueljakobgreter4921]

Hervorragende Zeitreise in die Vergangenheit. Werden die Menschen die heute Leben,in hundert Jahren auch solche Bilder sehen, existiert die Menschheit dann überhaut noch?

[@zeichnerkollege]

Diesen klassischen und typischen tiefen Damenhut hatte meine Oma (Jg. 1901) noch in den frühen 70ger Jahren an der Garderobe hängen. Kann mich erinnern dass ich und meine Schwester als Kinder ihn ab und zu aus Jux auf hatten.

[@joaoboscovilar555]

Que qualidade de filmagem!!! O cara era muito bom.

[@Christel.186]

Gracias, muy bueno☺

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

It's sad to see the children (especially the boys) and think of what horrors they're going to witness within the next 10-18 years, whether they're going to be serving in the army, working at the concentration camps, seeing their country bombed, and the country and capital being divided.

[@lemsolaris67]

Beth Di Bartolomeo had the same thought

[@belsilvaramos1640]

@@lemsolaris67 Me too.

[@infotrad]

I tell myself that that is all in the past.

[@infotrad]

I just tell myself that that is all in the past.

[@ulrichlehnhardt4293]

Sie haben Recht. Deutschland wäre wirklich viel schöner, ohne die Zerstörungen im Krieg. Ich bin erstaunt über so viel Hasskommentare hier. Böse Menschen.

[@karinblue807]

Wunderbarer Film . Berlin heute 27.10.2020 hat keine Ähnlichkeiten wie das Berlin in den 20 ger. Jahren. Heute ist es ein Polizeistaat.

[@joehiggs100]

Many thanks, a pioneer I'd not heard of until now. In 1927 Hitler and his gang were certainly 'a topic', in Berlin, the arguments over the Versailles Treaty were rampant. AH and his mates were very active..Beautiful images though, superb camera work and editing.

[@raulgonzalve3877]

Danke dafür 👍🏼😁✌🏻

[@dedopueraeternus3549]

We are nothing but movement. Stunning film of Futurism

[@user-oo7vg9qd9j]

Very interesting!!! I am from Moscow, Russia. Thanks for this film!!!

[@michelkoch]

Greetings to Moscow from Germany. Druschba🇷🇺❤️🇩🇪

[@kriskross63]

Danke! Endlich mal ein Film OHNE diese völlig idiotischen und überflüssigen nachträglichen Geräuschnachbildungen!! Welche Wohltat! DANKE! Ein tolles, ausführliches historisches Dokument!

[@Clearsky1945]

Ganz mit einverstanden!

[@juanmanuelparadacontreras9565]

Impresionantes imágenes de una ciudad en pleno acontecer en saber captar este director Ruttmann de forma muy armoniosa. Toda una sinfonía en verdad que nos muestra lo que sucedía en esos días en la capital de Alemania.

[@felicitabellucci562]

Wydawałoby się Normalnie Państwo Normalni Ludzie Błąd To są szmaty ludzkie

[@tomwa030]

Ein beeindruckendes Zeitdokument.

[@roderickfernandez8554]

This is not just a tour of Berlin this is an piece of art it's just beautiful I understand some people like it's silent but I like a little something in the background and now they seem to be putting in background sounds dogs barking trolley sounds and I don't mind it I think it brings in more to life