A Nazi propaganda film so pretty you'll forget it's lying to your face.
Hans Schilling, who emigrated to Chile shortly before World War 1, comes from Valparaiso to visit his old hometown of Stuttgart after an absence of almost 22 years. His brother Georg Schilling, who stayed in Stuttgart, picks him up at the train station. He proudly shows the homecomer the prospering, Swabian metropolis, followed by impressions of the city's architecture, economy and culture.
Direction
Ruttmann's rhythmic editing makes fascism look like jazz.
Cinematography
Stunning black-and-white city symphony technique.
Director
Walter Ruttmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ruttmann was a former avant-garde artist who sold out to the Nazi film machine; this was his compromise between artistic ambition and political survival.
The '22 years away' plot conveniently erases Germany's WWI defeat and Weimar chaos, presenting an uninterrupted success story.
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