São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole

Name: São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7

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1h 30m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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250,733

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Documentary about the city of São Paulo, Brazil, having as model and inspiration the previous Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927).Documentary about the city of São Paulo, Brazil, having as model and inspiration the previous Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927).Documentary about the city of São Paulo, Brazil, having as model and inspiration the previous Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927).

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

250,733

127,973

Directors
- Adalberto Kemeny
- Rudolf Rex Lustig
Writer
- Adalberto Kemeny

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Trivia
The movie had its restoration in the late 1990's. According to then Cinemateca Brasileira director Tânia Savietto on an interview for Folha de São Paulo, the restoration took two years and it was the very first time a full movie was restored by the Cinemateca - previous times it was just excerpts here and there depending on the damage.

Connections
Spun-off from Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927)

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Featured review

8/10

Brazil Tuned With Europe

During the 1920s and the 1930s, the German Walter Benjamin wrote about cities. He was born in Berlin, but felt in love with Paris. In 1927, Walter Ruttmann directed the fantastic "Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt".

Surprisingly, Brazil was tuned with Europe and was the unique country in Latin America that produced modern movies about and influenced by the metropolis. In 1926, it was released a documentary about Recife. In 1928, Humberto Mauro directed his "Sinfonia de Cataguases", ("Symphony of Cataguases") a short inspired in "Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt". In Porto Alegre, it was produced "A Princesinha do Sul".

"São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole", directed by the Hungarian Adalberto Kemeny and Rudolf Rex Lustig, is the most famous and important Brazilian documentary totally inspired in the German classic. The film begins with the dawn, with the city "waking-up", ending in the sunset, showing the dynamics of a big city and its dwellers. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "São Paulo, Sinfonia da Metrópole" ("Brazil, Symphony of the Metropolis")

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