Weitere Namen
Walter Ruttmann (Schreibvariante) Friedrich Wilhelm Walther Ruttmann (Geburtsname)
Cast, Director, Screenplay, Director of photography, Production design, Editing, Music, Producer
Frankfurt am Main Berlin

Biography

Walther Ruttmann was born in 1887 in Frankfurt and died in 1941 in Berlin. He studied Architecture and Painting and worked as a graphic designer. His film career began in the early 1920s. His first abstract short films, "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 medium with new form techniques. Together with E. Piscator, he worked on the experimental film "Melodie der Welt" (1929).

His other films include: "Opus III" (1925), "Opus IV" (1925), "Berlin. Symphony of a City" ("Berlin. Die Sinfonie der Grossstadt", 1927), "Weekend" (1930), "Acciaio" ("Stahl", 1933), "Altgermanische Bauernkultur" (1934), "Schiff in Not" (1936), "Mannesmann" (1937), "Henkel, ein deutsches Werk in seiner Arbeit" (1938), "Waffenkammern Deutschlands" (1940), "Deutsche Panzer" (1940), "Krebs" (1941), and many more.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Filmography

2003/2004
  • based on
1940
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1940
  • Director
1939/1940
  • Director
1937
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1935/1936
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1934/1935
  • Director
1932/1933
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
1931
  • Director
1931
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
1929
  • Cast
  • Director of photography
1930
  • Director
1928/1929
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
1928
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
1927/1928
  • Editing
1927
  • Director
1927
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
1926
  • Director
1926
  • Director
1923-1926
  • Set design (other)
1923-1925
  • Director
  • Story
  • Animation
  • Editing
  • Producer
1925
  • Director
  • Story
  • Animation
  • Editing
  • Producer
1923-1925
  • Animation
1922-1924
  • Animation camera
  • Animation
1922-1924
  • Optical effects
  • Animation camera
  • Animation
1921/1922
  • Director
  • Story
  • Animation
  • Editing
  • Producer
1921
  • Director
  • Story
  • Animation
  • Editing
  • Producer