The New Apartment

Original title: Die neue Wohnung

• 1930
• •
• 24m

• Documentary

★ 7.0 TMDB Rating · 3 votes

A commissioned film for Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB), Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel architectural and interior design exhibition, WOBA, to demonstrate innovative aspects of modern architecture and highlight their differences from the event’s highly conservative approach. Despite its ad campaign roots, Richter's touch is not absent; The surviving version, aimed at a "bourgeois" Swiss public, presents decluttered, functional architecture and decor as superior to the traditional and luxurious "ancient" ways of living.

Director

Hans Richter

Release date

Dec 31, 1930

Original language

German

Origin

Switzerland