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Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
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Title: Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Release Date: 23 Sep 1927

Runtime: 1h 9m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Deutsche Vereinsfilm AG, Fox Europa Produktion

Production Companies: Deutsche Vereinsfilm AG, Fox Europa Produktion

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.5 (119 votes)

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  • Self: Paul von Hindenburg
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