Melody of the World (1929)

Original title

Melodie der Welt

Directed by

Walter Ruttmann

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

48 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary strings together footage from around the world to show how people do similar activities in different cultures. It includes some staged scenes and moves like a musical symphony, with a score composed for the film.

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What happens

Melody of the World (German: Melodie der Welt) is a 1929 German film directed by Walter Ruttmann. It is also known as World Melody. The film is structured like a symphony and consists of documentary footage from all over the world, contrasted and juxtaposed to show a number of human activities as they take form in different cultures. There are also staged scenes with actors. The film was produced by Tonbild-Syndikat AG as an assignment from Hapag. It has an original score by Wolfgang Zeller. It was advertised as Germany's first feature-length sound film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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