Rhythmus 21 (1921)

Black and white rectangular images fade in and out of the screen. Their movement make them sometimes look like they're panning from side to side. Their movement also make the black and ... See full summary »

Director:

Hans Richter

Storyline

Black and white rectangular images fade in and out of the screen. Their movement make them sometimes look like they're panning from side to side. Their movement also make the black and white individually change from foreground to background and visa versa.

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Plot Keywords:

avant garde | experimental film | abstract film | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short

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Connections

Featured in Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011)

User Reviews

absolute cinema

I understand that Hans Richter's "Rhythmus 21" is an example of an absolute film, a genre that consists of shapes overlapping to music. This three-minute short is worth seeing as a historical reference as the start of Richter's Film Ist Rhythm series. It's nothing particularly special. The masterpieces from interwar Germany were "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "Nosferatu" and "Metropolis".

I wonder which direction the era's cinema would've taken had the Nazis not taken over.

Details

Official Sites:

DVD DVD

Country:

Germany

Language:

None

Release Date:

10 May 1925 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Rhythm 21

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1