01 Oct 1950
Symphonie einer Weltstadt
Documentary about the life in Berlin in 1941. The planned premier was stopped by the national party due to the damages and painful changes to the city that soon followed. It thus premiered in 1950.
Berlin Babylon
A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Top Billed Cast
Günter Behnisch Self
Werner Durth Self
Helmut Jahn Self
Josef Paul Kleihues Self
Hans Kollhoff Self
Rem Koolhaas Self
I.M. Pei Self
Axel Schultes Self
Renzo Piano Self
Angela Winkler Self
Similar movies
Symphonie einer Weltstadt Symphonie einer Weltstadt Postmodernism: The Substance of Style Postmodernism: The Substance of Style 24 Sep 2011
Postmodernism: The Substance of Style
This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Robert A M Stern and Sir Terry Farrell among them, and asks them how and why Postmodernism came about, and what it means to be Postmodern. This film was originally made for the V&A exhibition 'Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970 - 1990'.
Frei Otto: Spanning the Future Frei Otto: Spanning the Future 30 Mar 2016
Frei Otto: Spanning the Future
The life and works of Frei Otto told in his own words and by those he inspired. An in-depth look at the rise of lightweight architecture, form finding, and its continued relevance for the future of architecture.
Architecton 
Architecton 03 Oct 2024
Architecton
An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone. Victor Kossakovsky raises a fundamental question: how do we inhabit the world of tomorrow?
Berlin Geheimoperation Tunnel 
Berlin Geheimoperation Tunnel 01 Jan 2011
Berlin Geheimoperation Tunnel
No overview found
Kamenná sláva Kamenná sláva 19 Aug 1938
Kamenná sláva
No overview found
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring 
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring 01 Nov 1989
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti subculture, his opening of the Pop Shop, and the social commentary present in his paintings and drawings.
Berlin Utopiekadaver 
Berlin Utopiekadaver 25 Apr 2024
Berlin Utopiekadaver
A taxi drives through the city of Berlin. Its driver is a punk, left and a well-known figure in the autonomous scene. The stations of his trip are the most important places of the autonomous scene: all in the struggle for survival. The last evictions have not yet been processed and the next ones are coming right up.
The Cabanon by Le Corbusier 
The Cabanon by Le Corbusier 01 Jan 2010
The Cabanon by Le Corbusier
Minimalist documentary by Rax Rinnekangas about the wooden cottage "La Cabanon" designed and built in 1952 by Swiss architect and furniture designer Le Corbusier - a refuge intended for a single person with a living space of only 3.66 x 3.66 meters. The construction followed Corbusier's maxim that architecture must adapt to the human body and not vice versa.
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America 
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America 19 Aug 2006
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America chronicles for the first time the complete story of this great American symbol… from Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and St. Louis’ role in westward expansion; to the eventual construction of the largest stainless steel structure in history.
The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat 
The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat 25 Feb 2012
The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat
In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, California, asked world-famous modern architect Richard Neutra to design his modest family home. To Oyler's surprise, Neutra agreed. Thus began an unlikely friendship that led to the design and construction of an iconic mid-century modern masterpiece.
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City 
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City 23 Sep 1927
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
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.
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace 
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace 25 Oct 2019
Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them. The film also tracks the eventual decline of the palaces, through to today’s current preservation efforts. A tribute to America’s great art form and the great monuments created for audiences to enjoy them in.
Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée 
Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée 11 Jan 2025
Dorchester: au coeur de la mêlée
Under Dorchester Square in Montreal lies the cemetery where 55,000 people were buried in the 19th century. The square is still at the heart of social conflicts in Quebec, 150 years later.
Anonymous Anonymous 09 Jan 2017
Anonymous
A short film about the changing face of London Soho and the implications of gentrification on Mimi, an aging transvestite.
in retrospect 
in retrospect 19 Feb 2025
in retrospect
Immigrant workers build a shopping mall for the upcoming 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. In 2016, nine people with migrant backgrounds are killed in a racist attack at the same mall.
Empire City 
Empire City 01 Jul 1985
Empire City
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate development on the one hand and unforeseen displacement of population and deterioration on the other. Empire City is the story of two New Yorks. The film explores the precarious coexistence of the service-based midtown Manhattan corporate headquarters with the peripheral New York of undereducated minorities living in increasing alienation.
Berliner Stadtbahnbilder 
Berliner Stadtbahnbilder 26 Feb 1982
Berliner Stadtbahnbilder
Documentation on the Berlin S-Bahn, which threatened to fall into oblivion as a result of the division of the city.
KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra 
KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra 25 Mar 1971
KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra
East German film about the history of Red Orchestra, a real life German pro-Soviet spy ring created after the rise of Hitler that turned into a resistance movement led by a leftist Nazi officer, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Arvid Harnack.
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann 19 Jun 2008
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann
The film accompanies Jenny Gröllmann, a German actress, during the last two years of her life.