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Metropolis
Title:
Metropolis
Author:
Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.
Uniform Title:
Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927)
Edition:
Reconstructed and restored
Publication Information:
[London]: Eureka, 2010, c1927.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (150 min.) : b&w.; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Series:
Masters of cinema series ; #8
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1927.
Abstract:
The peaceful, idyllic life in the automated, mechanized and regimented city of the future is shattered when a mad inventor intentionally seeks to disrupt things.

A restored version of this classic with and extra 25 minutes of new footage previously thought lost. Fritz Lang's acclaimed vision of a 21st century city is widely held to be one of the greatest films of the silent era. In the year 2000, industrialist John Frederson rules over a giant city where the workers exist only as an underclass. They call for rebellion, but their leader Maria urges them to wait for a mediator. When Frederson kidnaps Maria and replaces her with a robot replica, the workers are incited to revolt. Many different versions of Lang's masterpiece have been distributed over the years; this one clocks in at 118 minutes and features the original Gottfried Huppertz musical score.
Reading Level:
BBFC code: PG.
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