A RALPH STEINER FILM

The City

Name: The City
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1939-05-26
Duration: 44 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Morris Carnovsky

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Documentary

IMDb5.9/ 10 · 396 votes

THE STORY

A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Gentle
Complexity: Some focus

Good for talking about after and a quick watch.

DirectorRalph Steiner · Willard Van Dyke

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.0 / 10

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Morris CarnovskyNarrator (voice)

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