Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
Résumés(1)
Le Berlin d’avant-guerre s’éveille peu à peu. Dans les rues, les passants commencent à affluer tandis que la musique s’exalte. Alternant frénésie visuelle et sonore puis quiétude, le film déroule le fil de l’activité de la ville. Dans les rues, les usines, les cafés, puis les bars et les théâtres, se déversent la foule effervescente. Jusqu’à ce que tombe le silence de la nuit. (LaCinetek)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Berlin in 1927 is definitely my dream city. What does it matter that all these films, whether Man with a Movie Camera or Aimless Walk, are just editing exercises on the theme of everyday life in the big city? Especially here, in Acts 4 and 5, there is a unique symbiosis of the pulse of modern times, with the fashion and cultural industries working closely together, mirroring technocratic haste in every feature.
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The Man with a Movie Camera appealed to me more. It is even more imaginative and does not need so many obviously faked and even acting interludes, but Berlin: Symphony of a Great City is still such an amazing spectacle. In a very dynamic way, it captures a living city on the threshold of an economic crisis and before the terrible horrors that came next. One has to ask oneself if this beautiful building was hit by a bomb, if the shop windows were smashed and burned, if these children survived... Oh dear.
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