The City

Also known as City

1939 film by Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke

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6.0

A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.

Released: 1939-05-2644 minDir: Willard Van DykeDocumentary

Cast

Morris Carnovsky as Narrator (voice)

Themes

social commentary
urban planning

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Ratings

IMDb

5.9/10

364 votes

Year: 1939
Runtime: 43 min
Genres: Documentary, Short
Awards: 1 win

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Part of: National Film Registry
Genre: documentary film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Director: Willard Van Dyke
Composer: Aaron Copland

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publication date: 1939-01-01
title: The City
color: black-and-white

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