Melodie der Welt
(Melody of the World)
Also known as La mélodie du monde in France : [Melody of the World], [World Melody]
(1929) Germany
B&W : [?] Four? reels / 1115 metres / 41 minutes
Directed by Walther Ruttmann
Cast: Ivan Kowal Samborski [Matrose], Renée Stobrawa [frau des Matrosen, Grace Chiang [Japanerin], O. Idris [malaiischer tempeltänzer], Wilhelm Cuno [generaldirektor der Hapag], Juliska D. Ligeti
Tonbild-Syndikat Aktiengesellschaft [Tobis] production for Hamburg-Amerika Linie [Hapag]; distributed by Deutsches Lichtspiel-Syndikat Aktiengesellschaft. / Screenplay by Walther Ruttmann. Script assistant, Alfons Paquet. Production management by Guido Bagier and Heinrich Mutzenbecher. Set design by Erich Czerwonsky. Settings painter, Paul Theodor Etbauer. Unit manager, Hans Oser. Location director, Heinrich Mutzenbecher. Cinematography by Reimar Kuntze, with Wilhelm Lehne, Rudolph Rathmann and Paul Holzki. Sound recording by Guido Bagier, Karl Brodmerkel and Adolf Jansen. Film editors, Walther Ruttmann and Erna Hölzel. Music score by Wolfgang Zeller. / Premiere, [?] 12 March 1929? / Tobis-Klangfilm 35mm spherical 1.19:1 format. / The first German talkie. / Silent film, with synchronized sound sequences.
Documentary-Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 28 September 2013.
References: Bardèche-History p. 42; Robertson-Guinness p. 8 : Website-Filmportal.
Home video: DVD.
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