Berlin: Symphony of a Great City [Act 1, Part 1]

[1ingressoomaggio]

Great images, but without its music it's half of the work is supposed to be.

[plan09]

I positively love this film and I very much enjoy your channel - One of the best on YouTube!

[Davidsbeenhere]

I really love the place i'ts so wonderful

Check out my channel and watch my traveling videos.

Thank you guys :-)

[123Kenge]

Cinematic depictions of modernity and its attendant problems and/or possibilities?

[dbsk06]

is there not supposed to be music??????

[capitalcontested]

still the greatest city on earth in my opinion.

[skinignition]

does anyone have video of this being shown at the Tate Modern with Dj Spooky narrating with his music? I was there and want to remember it! anyone? it was in '05 i believe

[skinignition]

does anyone have video of this being shown at the Tate Modern with Dj Spooky narrating with his music? I WAS THERE AND HAVE NO MEMORIES OF IT lol

[ALoneIdealist]

There was original music by Edmund Meisel. A new made by Timothy Brock, that is so realy good. Overall the movie is very good.

[MsFilmothek]

Ich könnte heulen, wenn ich sehe, was da untergegangen ist... DANKE für diesen fantastischen Upload.

[TheBelinda2]

ein sensationeller film. gut, dass es solche zeitdokumente gibt!

...und wenn man bedenkt, dass berlin damals - noch vor paris oder bspw. new york - quasi DIE kulturmetropole der welt war.... ich kann mich dem kommentar von soutache nur anschließen.

[Rico8458]

new york city, london, paris, berlin, shanghai

[Rico8458]

we can say new york city, london, paris and berlin, and shanghai are the key cities at that time

[jvsjvsb]

i'd add Moscow to the list too :)

[juritsch1]

@Rico8458 what about vienna



[juritsch1]

what about vienna and maybe tokyo

[dlespera]

There is NO NEED for sound; the images "sound". This is film at its greatest : LOOK at the images and their sequences : they are not silent ! their sequence creates mental representations of sound...

[Complete180]

No sound? strange.

In any case, I got to see this tonight with a live score by Text of Light. Incredible. At one point it became almost hypnotic, though that might not be the right word to use... interesting nonetheless.

[duckman531]

I seem to remember there was a special musical score that was composed especially for this film that was included in the original release. Is this true?

[Svetlap]

It is true. There was indeed written a soundtrack specially for this movie.

[video1526]

See:

DJ Bootsie ::: Mosquito Dance :: Music Video

[MrSketch00]

sound-sorry

[MrSketch00]

"is the soud of silence"

..perfect

[blofeld39]

This works quite well with the theme from "North by Northwest", especially since the titles sequence from that movie is based off of the introduction to this one.

[beachbum5311]

there is an excellent soundtrack to the movie, hence the 'symphony' in the title. i'm not sure why there is no music here, but you should definitely watch it with the orchestrals it was meant to be seen with!

[condemaltese]

can anyone tell me were i could get in the internet the entire movie, as well as the other ones of the others cities? i heard there were more, not sure if they were from the same director. tks

[melindastrassekonig]

Very rare movie, it is very old and it is not that much enjoyable without a soundtrack but its nice to see. I love Berlin. I looked how Berlin was before it was destroyed in 1945

[ASR1357WGP]

Schoene Stadt. (Aber das Video braucht einen Soundtrack.)

[ajps28]

i wish that this city looked like this today

[MultiXxxyyyzzz]

Danke auch von mir!!!

Die Gegenüberstellung arm - reich, Arbeiter - Müßiggänger, Innenstadtquartiere - Außenbezirke hat mir gefallen.....

[macNjulia]

Danke auch von mir fuers Einstellen der 'Symphonie' ... Neben 'Menschen am Sonntag' eines der interessantesten Zeitdokumente mit kuenstlerischen Wert der ersten deutschen Republik! ... Wie Deutschland (und die Welt) wohl heute aussaehe, ohne die 13 Jahre Diktatur, Vernichtungswahn und Krieg in Deutschland? ... Cheers, Julia ('olle' West-Berlinerin aus Orlando, Florida)

[luchalmon]

Any suggestions for a background music...??

[PGA1975]

Hi. I think coul be nice for this first part somethin by kraftwerk; "Trans Europe Express", "Mitternach", "Hall of Mirrors" "Morgenspaziergang"....

[clattermachine]

or any philip glass, especially the solo piano album.

[sigft25]

Dajos Bela's version of "Heut war ich bei der Frieda" would be perfect for mid-day traffic scenes

[scoita]

Who Let The Dogs Out by the Baha Men

[mkervelegan]

Widor's organ music is what I prefer to watch this, it's like an entertainment a vampire would contrive

[guca3]

What a great movie. For information there is in Paris the "CinéRail festival" that shows how much trains take part in our real or imaginary lives...

My movie "Where are you going" will be screened for this 17th Official Selection.

[sigft25]

The eternal Berlin, before criminal allied destruction and 6 decades of humiliations

Thanks for posting this clasic, wonderfull film

[PGA1975]

Desgraciadamente así fue, la criminal destrucción aliada, pero recordemos que "Quien siembre vientos recoje tempestades".

[TigerRocket]

There is a world of difference between being a Nazi and being German. Humiliation is something that is never imposed but always self inflicted.

[austenbosten]

sigft, it wasn't the allies fault Hitler invaded Poland. You can blame Churchill and Roosevelt all you want, but the blame rests with Hitler. Dresden was a criminal act, but the bombing of Berlin was necessary, and how was the last 60 years humiliating, I loved the Trabant. :D

[sigft25]

I said 6 decades of humiliation because after being turned to rubble and sacked by marxists and yanks, Germany has had a puppet government that does not work in the interest of the German people, (neither did Hitler: he drove the country into an abyss, just as the enemy wanted)

[Jamestaylorx]

I love Berlin, but we have plenty of evidence in London and other British cities of criminal destruction by the Luftwaffe thank you very much - which was why Germany got it back.

[Hadewijch]

This is one of the greatest masterpieces of early cinema - and much more influential than most people realise today.

Thank you!

[Tubenjunge]

Klasse. Habe den Film vor 2 Jahren in Berlin gesehen mit live Violinistin, Pianisten und Percussion. Jetzt habe ich die CD TIME OUT vom Dave Brubeck Quartett laufen lassen. Ich finde die passt auch ganz gut.

[vanmac456]

Wow. I'm so glad you uploaded this to Youtube. I really wanted to watch it, and here it is! Thanks a bunch!

[berlinoberg]

Thank you very much for this upload!!!

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

You're welcome! =)

[soutache]

God, what a tragedy! Please let all nations, and all people learn a lesson from what befell this great city. War is worthless, and cannot solve anything! Although this wonderful prewar Berlin is forever gone, Berlin is still a great and lovely place. I will continue to visit her over and over again, as Berlin has it's own very special magic.

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

Very well said!

[svengoolie007]

Its. Not it's.

[DiabloPlayer4life]

I saw this today with a live symphony orchestra playing and it was incredible. This really needs the music to get the full benefit of it.

[inreanre]

Sauguad, bin zwa koa Berlina, aba den Füm

mog i. Iagandwo hob eahm a auf der VHS Kassettn, i kons blos nima findn. Do is dan aba a gscheide Musik dabeigwen.

A Simfoni hoid.

[2909198720]

!!!

[ajt141]

If anyone wants a REALLY trippy experience, play the overture to the Threepenny Opera as you watch this. The version I was listening to ended just as the train pulled into Berlin.

What an AMAZING video...is this on DVD? All the video stores I tried threw out all the VHS versions...

[pensareallusername]

thanks

[CarlHalling]

Absolutely fascinating. I never knew such an indepth look at Berlin the 1920s existed. I just got into this as if I was there. Mesmerising. Thanks for the upload.

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

No problem! Glad you enjoyed it. =]

[dearmalika]

sehr interessanter film!danke!!

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

You're welcome. :)

[uechanchung]

dang i cant believe i found this here!

nice

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

No problem!

[duster801]

rhythmus ... sehr schön. danke fürs posten

[DrMabuseDerSpieler]

bitteschön! =]