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Walter Ruttmann

Director · 23 credits · 6 in highly-rated films

Best known for Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)

Directed movies (23 total, ranked by score)

  1. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    1927 · ★ 7.5 (129 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Steel

    1933 · ★ 5.2 (6 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Melody of the World

    1929 · ★ 6.7 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. The Climb

    1926 · ★ 6.8 (3 votes)

    Animation

    4

  5. The Rediscovered Paradise

    1925 · ★ 6.5 (7 votes)

    Drama, Animation

    5

  6. German Armaments

    1940

    Documentary

    6

  7. In the Night

    1931 · ★ 7.1 (7 votes)

    7

  8. Where the Rhine...

    1927 · ★ 7.2 (3 votes)

    Animation

    8

  9. Light-Play Opus I

    1921 · ★ 6.1 (50 votes)

    Animation

    9

  10. Feind im Blut

    1931

    Drama, Documentary

    10

  11. Metall des Himmels

    1935 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)

    Science Fiction

    11

  12. Opus IV

    1925 · ★ 6.1 (15 votes)

    Animation

    12

  13. Opus III

    1924 · ★ 6.4 (15 votes)

    Animation

    13

  14. Blood and Soil

    1933

    Documentary, Drama

    14

  15. Mannesmann. Ein Film der Mannesmannröhren-Werke

    1937

    Documentary

    15

  16. Weekend

    1930 · ★ 5.9 (4 votes)

    Music

    16

  17. German Tanks

    1940 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Lightplay Opus II

    1921 · ★ 5.8 (17 votes)

    Animation

    18

  19. Game of Waves

    1926 · ★ 5.8 (7 votes)

    Animation

    19

  20. Hoppla, wir leben

    1927

    20

  21. Mannesmann

    1938

    21

  22. Stuttgart, die Großstadt zwischen Wald und Reben

    1935

    Documentary

    22

  23. Altgermanische Bauernkultur

    1934

    Drama, Documentary

    23

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.