Symphonie Diagonale

Viking Eggeling

IndieLisboa 2006 •

Sweden, Experimental, 1924, 8′

One of the first abstract, animated films in film history. Swedish-born Eggeling, who lived and worked in Berlin, created his first film analogously to, regarding his film as a musical score. He tried to create a universal language that would bridge the gap between the artist and his audience. This version is the one restored by Gosta Werner 1997 with support from the Swedish Film Institute.