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Rain

Regen

1929 · 16 min · NL

Directed by Joris Ivens, Mannus Franken

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

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1929 · Source: George Kolbaia

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Joris Ivens · Director

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Regen (Rain) (1929) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism — Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism

Essay on Ivens' experimental city symphony and its impressionist cinematic poetry.

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