Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Sep 23, 1927 | IMDB 7.5
69 min Watch NowDocumentary
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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IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1922
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IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 1938
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IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1938
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IMDB 10 | Jul , 1951
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IMDB 6.7 | Aug , 1897
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IMDB 0 | May , 2007
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IMDB 5.8 | May , 2007
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IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 1983
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IMDB 0 | May , 2026
Investigation by the Museum of Walloon Life showing the different stages of the manufacture of rifle barrels using the so-called "Damascus" process, in Nessonvaux in 1925 and 1931Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
IMDB 9 | Oct , 1985
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IMDB 0 | May , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1969
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 1977
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IMDB 7 | Aug , 2025
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IMDB 7.4 | Jan , 1932
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IMDB 8.5 | Feb , 2008
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IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1919
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IMDB 5.9 | Sep , 1969
A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.Queens Don’t Cry
IMDB 4.5 | Feb , 2002
Bosom buddies BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn and Tima die Göttliche are four Berlin drag queens who met in the mid 1980s. These four queens became Germany’s most popular drag performers and have been busy fertilizing the German cultural scene. Besides being performers, they are also political activists – in AIDS awareness, anti-gay violence, the sex workers movement and the struggle against the extreme right and racism. The film tells their story.Sylvia Kristel – Paris
IMDB 8 | Feb , 2003
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