Opus III

1924
3m

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Third instalment in a series of short, abstract animations, featuring bright shapes moving against a dark background. The shapes move across the screen in harmony with the music.Third instalment in a series of short, abstract animations, featuring bright shapes moving against a dark background. The shapes move across the screen in harmony with the music.Third instalment in a series of short, abstract animations, featuring bright shapes moving against a dark background. The shapes move across the screen in harmony with the music.

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- Walter Ruttmann

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- Walter Ruttmann

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9majormaja

Pulsing heart of humanity

Ruttmann has the talent to show live in unexpected places.

A City will come to live in >>Symphony der Großstadt<< well als objects and forms like in the Opus series. Opus III especially fascinated me with its forms pulsing and beating like a heart. Opus II and IV are similar but lack the force of II.

The great music of the live band at Cinema film festival in 2025 made this an even greater watch and a once in a lifetime experience. If I reflect it now... the music was maybe crucial to my incredible experience of this short experimental film. But this shows that Ruttmanns Opus films are open to additional interpretations and benefit from other great artists.

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Between 1921 and 1925, Walter Ruttman produced 4 experimental short films, known as "Lichtspiel" (German for "Game of Lights"), numbered as Opus I, II, III and IV.