Walter Ruttmann

Walter Ruttmann

DirectorWriterEditorArtActor Dec 28 (died age 53) Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany 1921–1940 (19 year career)
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Biography

Walter Ruttmann (28 December 1887 – 15 July 1941) was a German film director and along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger was an early German practitioner of experimental film. Ruttmann was born in Frankfurt am Main; His film career began in the early 1920s. His first abstract short films, Lichtspiel: Opus I (1921) and Opus II (1923), were experiments with new forms of film expression. Ruttmann and his colleagues of the avant garde movement enriched the language of film as a…

Known For

Filmography

Crew (45)

Movies (45)

German Armaments

German Armaments

1940

Director

German Tanks

German Tanks

1940

Director

6.0
Behind the Numbers

Behind the Numbers

1939

Writer

Mannesmann

Mannesmann

1938

Director

Mannesmann

Mannesmann

1938

Writer

Mannesmann. Ein Film der Mannesmannröhren-Werke

Mannesmann. Ein Film der Mannesmannröhren-Werke

1937

Director

Triumph of the Will

Triumph of the Will

1935

Screenplay

6.9
Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

1935

Director

Metall des Himmels

Metall des Himmels

1935

Director

5.0
Altgermanische Bauernkultur

Altgermanische Bauernkultur

1934

Director

Steel

Steel

1933

Director

5.2
Steel

Steel

1933

Editor

5.2
Steel

Steel

1933

Writer

5.2
Blood and Soil

Blood and Soil

1933

Director

Ceux du viking

Ceux du viking

1932

Editor

7.0
The End of the World

The End of the World

1931

Art Direction

4.9
Feind im Blut

Feind im Blut

1931

Director

6.0
Feind im Blut

Feind im Blut

1931

Editor

6.0
Feind im Blut

Feind im Blut

1931

Writer

6.0
In the Night

In the Night

1931

Director

7.1
Weekend

Weekend

1930

Director

5.9
Melody of the World

Melody of the World

1929

Director

6.7
The White Stadium

The White Stadium

1928

Editor

7.4
Metropolis

Metropolis

1927

Director of Photography

8.1
Hoppla, wir leben

Hoppla, wir leben

1927

Director

7.0
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

Director

7.5
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

Editor

7.5
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

Writer

7.5
Where the Rhine...

Where the Rhine...

1927

Director

7.2
The Climb

The Climb

1926

Animation

6.8
The Climb

The Climb

1926

Director

6.8
Game of Waves

Game of Waves

1926

Director

5.9
Opus IV

Opus IV

1925

Director

6.1
The Rediscovered Paradise

The Rediscovered Paradise

1925

Director

6.4
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

1924

Director of Photography

7.8
Opus III

Opus III

1924

Animation

6.4
Opus III

Opus III

1924

Director

6.4
Opus III

Opus III

1924

Editor

6.4
Opus III

Opus III

1924

Producer

6.4
The Wonder

The Wonder

1922

Director

6.2
Der Sieger

Der Sieger

1922

Director

The Winner

The Winner

1921

Director

5.6
Light-Play Opus I

Light-Play Opus I

1921

Director

6.1
Lightplay Opus II

Lightplay Opus II

1921

Director

5.8
Der Sieger

Der Sieger

1921

Director