Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.

Genres: Documentary

What to watch after Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

• Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938) — Same subject: poetic documentary
• Triumph of the Will (1935) — Walter Ruttmann worked on both
• Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
• Helvetica (2007) — Same feel: reflective, impartial
• The White Diamond (2004)
• The Gleaners & I (2000) — Same feel: reflective, realistic