Fritz Lang`s Metropolis is perhaps the most famous German film of all time, and certainly one of the most influential of all silent films. In its lifetime it has been: drastically re-edited (shortly after release); unseen for decades; revisioned with a modern music score in the 1980s; and thanks to the work of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung and a network of archives all over the world, restored in 2001. This restoration of Metropolis is almost certainly the most complete and authentic version possible of Lang`s original 1927 vision.
Metropolis takes place in 2026, where people are divided into two groups: poor workers living beneath the ground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of luxury. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century, many of which pre-empt such science fiction classics as Stanley Kubrick`s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ridley Scott`s Blade Runner. Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and jawdropping production values, Metropolis stands today as a testament to Lang`s ambitious vision of what cinema could be.
This new Masters of Cinema Series 2 x disc set of Metropolis features German intertitles for the first time in the UK or USA, together with a 28-page booklet (see below). This towering classic of silent film can now be seen in an authorized, restored form one-third longer than any previous release seen since 1927.
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