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Also known as Walther Ruttmann

German film director (1887-1941)

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1887-12-28
Active to
1941-07-15

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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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date of birth
1887-12-28
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date of death
1941-07-15
start of work period
1921-00-00
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Walter Ruttmann, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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