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Rain

Regen

1929·16 min·NL

Director: Joris Ivens, Mannus Franken

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

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

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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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