Walter Ruttmann

Walter Ruttmann

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...

Known For

Metropolis

Director of Photography

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Director of Photography

Crew Credits

Mannesmann

Director

Steel

Director

In the Night

Director

Weekend

Director

Metropolis

Director of Photography

The Climb

Director

Opus IV

Director

Opus III

Director

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

Director of Photography

The Wonder

Director