Symphonie einer Großstadt (1927) von Walter Ruttmann in color [A.I. restored & Colorized!]

Symphonie einer Großstadt (1927) von Walter Ruttmann in color [A.I. restored & Colorized!] 

Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis or Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (German: "Berlin: Symphonie einer Großstadt") is a 1927 German film directed by Walter Ruttmann, co-written by Carl Mayer and Karl Freund.

Composer Edmund Meisel wrote a great orchestral score for its original release. The film consists of five acts, each with a different theme, related to daily life in Berlin almost a century ago.

The rhythm of the city

It shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at dawn and ending deep into the night. Actually it took 18 months to shoot all the scenes in this film! The original B&W film has been motion-stabilized, slightly speed corrected, restored, enhanced and colorized with modern A.I. software.

Because the film was shot at only 20 fps, a 20% reduction in speed would be necessary to show it at 25 fps. In order to keep the music synchronised with the film, but not to slow down the music too much, a speed reduction of 10% was chosen as a compromise. So the film is still 10% too fast and the music plyed back 10% slower. Much obliged Rick88888888 

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