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World City in Its Teens: A Report on Chicago documentary

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Original title

Chicago - Weltstadt in Flegeljahrenaka

AKA

Weltstadt in den Flegeljahren. Ein Bericht über Chicago

Year

1931

Running time

74 min.

Country

Germany

Director

Heinrich Hauser

Screenwriter

Heinrich Hauser

Cast

Documentary

Cinematography

Heinrich Hauser (B&W)

Producer

Naturfilm Hubert Schonger

Genre

Documentary | Silent Film

Synopsis

“In the spring and summer of 1931, German writer, traveler, photographer, and filmmaker Heinrich Hauser (1901–55) made a trip by car through the American Midwest, with Chicago as his main destination. This voyage resulted in a book, ‘Dirt Tracks to Chicago,’ and a silent ‘city’ film, WORLD CITY IN ITS TEENS. Whereas the book covers his entire journey, Hauser’s film concentrates on Chicago, with its skyline, skyscrapers, motorized traffic, local industries, labor, mechanized production, and places for leisure. […] Though Hauser considered Chicago to be ‘the most beautiful city in the world,’ his city symphony is notable for its critique of the modern American city, and of the United States in general.” –Eva Hielscher, THE CITY SYMPHONY PHENOMENON.

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World City in Its Teens: A Report on Chicago

1931

Heinrich Hauser