Saltar al contenido principal

Why you loved it

Documentaries like Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Not everyone loves Berlin: Symphony of a Great City for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a city filmed like a machine, frame after frame.

  2. You want to see Berlin as it really looked in 1927.

  3. You want a silent film that's over in under seventy minutes.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Man with a Movie Camera1929

    • a city filmed like a machine, frame after frame

    Good for you if you like seeing camera tricks invented before your grandparents were born.

  • Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations1938

    • a city filmed like a machine, frame after frame
    • you want to see Berlin as it really looked in 1927

    Good for you if you like Leni Riefenstahl's camera angles that shaped how sport is filmed.

  • Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii1972

    • a city filmed like a machine, frame after frame

    Good for you if you like a band filmed among ancient ruins with no audience.

  • Nanook of the North1922

    • you want to see Berlin as it really looked in 1927

    Good for you if you're curious about one of the very first documentaries.

  • À propos de Nice1930

    • a city filmed like a machine, frame after frame
    • a silent film that's over in under seventy minutes

    Good for you if you like Jean Vigo's quick, mocking montage.

  • One More Time with Feeling2016

    • a city filmed like a machine, frame after frame

    Good for you if you like stark black and white images.

  • The House Is Black1963

    • a city filmed like a machine, frame after frame
    • a silent film that's over in under seventy minutes

    Good for you if you like black and white images that stay with you.

  • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan2005

    • you want to see Berlin as it really looked in 1927

    Good for you if you like the sixties, from the folk scene to the protest years.

Reasons taken from Berlin: Symphony of a Great City's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

That's one documentary.

Ipsomap does this with everything you watch. Write a few honest lines after each one, and it works out which reasons are yours, then finds picks that share them.

Find your reasons

Should you watch Berlin: Symphony of a Great City?More titles, by reasonWhy we don't do top-ten lists