Melodie der Welt

Deutschland 1928/1929 Dokumentarfilm mit Spielhandlung

A sailor and his girl pack up all their belongings, enjoying the safety of the mainland for the last time, for they are to take ship. They go down to the harbor for the farewell. The rhythm of the ship’s engines lets them forget their daily cares. For they are now embarking on a voyage into the strange wide world. Despite their numerous new and exciting encounters, man remains always at the center. It is he who is confronted with war, death and destruction, but also with love, dance and grand festivities. It is the melody of the world which, despite the sailor’s daily life and work, ensures a great experience.

A documentary film by Walter Ruttmann, "Melody of the World" was in its time promoted as the first full-length German sound film.

 

Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Editing

Music

Cast

Production company

Alle Credits

Director

Screenplay

Co-author

Director of photography

Production design

Painter

Editing

Sound

Miscellaneous (other)

Music

Music performer

Cast

Production company

Unit production manager

Location manager

Original distributor

Shoot

    • Hamburg, Europa, Nordafrika, Asien
Duration:
1115 m, 41 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,19
Video/Audio:
s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur: 11.03.1929, B.21917, Jugendfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 12.03.1929, Berlin, Mozartsaal

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Melodie der Welt
  • Verleihtitel (FR) La Mélodie du Monde
  • Weiterer Titel (US) Melody of the World
  • Weiterer Titel (US) World Melody

Versions

Original

Duration:
1115 m, 41 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,19
Video/Audio:
s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur: 11.03.1929, B.21917, Jugendfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 12.03.1929, Berlin, Mozartsaal

Kurzfassung

Duration:
493 m, 18 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 28.02.1939, B.50822, Jugendfrei [»Der Film wird zur Vorführung im Deutschen Reiche zugelassen, darf jedoch nur in geschlossener Veranstaltung auf dem Hamburger Tage der Werbung vom 1. bis 3. März 1939, auch vor Jugendlichen, vorgeführt werden«]

Formatfassung

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Weiterer Titel (US)
  • Melody of the World
Duration:
526 m, 48 min
Format:
16mm
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton

Prüffassung

Duration:
1382 m, 50 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,19
Video/Audio:
s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 03.06.1930, B.26087, Jugendfrei

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Verleihtitel (FR)
  • La Mélodie du Monde
Duration:
1128 m, 41 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,19
Video/Audio:
s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 23.07.1929, B.22986, Jugendfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 25.07.1929, Baden-Baden, Deutsches Kammermusikfest;
Erstaufführung (FR): November 1929, Paris;
Kinostart (DE): 10.05.1930, Berlin, U.T. Kurfürstendamm