Lichtspiel Opus 1

Deutschland 1921 Kurz-Animationsfilm

Summary

Ruttmann’s first Lichtspielopus consists of 10.000 separately coloured images that Ruttmann put together with a device he himself had constructed. The 10-minute film is a choreography of geometric forms in front of multi-coloured surfaces. "Lichtspiel Opus 1" is said to be the first abstract, "absolute", and coloured experimental film.

 

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Credits

All Credits

Duration:
1 Akte, 243 m
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, ohne Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur: 29.10.1921, M.00789

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.04.1921, Frankfurt am Main, Geschlossene Veranstaltung, U.T. im Schwan;
Uraufführung: 27.04.1921, Berlin, Marmorhaus

Titles

  • Schreibvariante Ruttmann Opus I
  • Originaltitel (DE) Lichtspiel Opus 1

Versions

Original

Duration:
1 Akte, 243 m
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, ohne Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur: 29.10.1921, M.00789

Screening:

Voraufführung (DE): 01.04.1921, Frankfurt am Main, Geschlossene Veranstaltung, U.T. im Schwan;
Uraufführung: 27.04.1921, Berlin, Marmorhaus

Formatfassung

Duration:
98 m, 9 min
Format:
16mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton