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Walter Ruttmann
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Was severely injured in 1941 while filming a documentary about the fighting on the Russian front. Transported back to Berlin, he died in a hospital during an operation to try to save his life.
Was a painter in his youth. Started in films as a designer and creator of special effects for
Paul Wegener
and
Lotte Reiniger
. He was most famous for his documentary feature
Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)
.
After
Adolf Hitler
came to power, he turned out propaganda films for the Nazis. He also collaborated on the editing of
Leni Riefenstahl
's
Berlin 1936: Games of the XI Olympiad (1936)
.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 983-986. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
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