Metropolis / gefördert durch Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung; director, Fritz Lang ; [producer, Erich Pommer] ; screenplay, Thea von Harbou.
Edition:
DVD-Studienfassung.
Publisher:
Universität der Künste Berlin,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (244 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + guide (35 pages)
Region code 0. Silent film with German intertitles and orchestral score. Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Theodor Loos, Heinrich George, Fritz Rasp, . Based on the novel by Thea von Harbou. Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1927. Restored under the supervision of the Murnau Foundation. Original 1927 orchestral score by Gottfried Huppertz. Piano duet adapted by Mark Pogolski and Aljoscha Zimmermann. A foreign film (Germany).
Summary:
The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)67184948
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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