Walter Ruttmann

Film & TV

Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany

Walter Ruttmann (28 December 1887 – 15 July 1941) was a German film director and along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger was an early German practitioner of experimental film. Ruttmann was born in Frankfurt am Main; His film career began in the early 1920s. His first abstract short films, Lichtspiel: Opus I (1921) and Opus II (1923), were experiments with new forms of film…

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Germany

Active from

1887-12-28

Active to

1941-07-15

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3,742

Total plays

7,290

Walter Ruttmann (born December 28, 1887 in Frankfurt am Main; died July 15, 1941 in Berlin) was a German film director and along with Hans Richter and Viking Eggling was an early German practitioner of experimental film. Ruttmann studied architecture and painting and worked as a graphic designer. His film career began in the early 1920s. His first abstract short films, “Opus I” (1921) and “Opus II” (1923), were experiments with new forms of film expression <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wal

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Walter

Gender

male

Citizenship

German Reich

Place of birth

Frankfurt

Place of death

Berlin

Occupation

illustrator

Languages spoken

German

Participant in

documenta 8

Instrument

cello

Conflict

World War I

Military rank

lieutenant

Image

Walter Ruttmann bij opname der Berlijn-Film, 1927.jpg

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