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Symphonie diagonale
Symphonie diagonale, or Diagonal-Symphonie as its German title was, is a 1923 German film directed by Viking Eggeling.
The title has also been misspelled Symphonie diaganale in the USA.
Eggeling began work on "Symphonie diagonale" in 1921. Paper cut-outs and tin foil figures were photographed a frame at a time. The Last version was completed in 1923 (it was re-shot 3 times because Eggeling was never satisfied), a version of the film was first shown publicly in 1922
vertikalorchester" in 1923. The film is now considered lost. In November 1924 Eggeling was able to present his new finished film "Symphonie diagonale" in a private screening.
On 3 May 1925 the Sunday matinee program "Der absolute Film" took place in the UFA-Palast theater at the Kurfurstendamm in Berlin. Its 900 seats soon sold out and the program was repeated a week later. Eggeling's "Symphonie diagonale", Richter's "Rhythmus 21" and "Rhythmus 23", Walter Ruttmann's "Opus