A 1931 love letter to Bavarian city planning that'll make you weirdly emotional about sidewalks.
A silent documentary film about the history and the architecture of the town of Erlangen in the Middle Franconia region in Bavaria, Germany.
Cinematography
Stunning 1931 location shooting of half-timbered streets and baroque facades.
Production
Remarkable access to pre-WWII German civic spaces, now vanished or transformed.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Erlangen's planned layout was designed in 1686 for Huguenot refugees—one of Europe's first intentional 'smart cities' built for displaced people.
Filmed just two years before the Nazi seizure of power, this documentary's celebration of 'German' civic order would soon be weaponized for darker purposes.
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