Review by Morning.star
It's a good thing that some effort has been put into preserving films like this 1925 (I think that's right) oldie goldie.
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It's a good thing that some effort has been put into preserving films like this 1925 (I think that's right) oldie goldie.
Title Statement | Metropolis [DVD] / Transit Film ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; an Ufa production ; distributed by Parufamet ; director, Fritz Lang ; [produced by Erich Pommer] ; screenplay, Thea von Harbou. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Fritz Lang's Metropolis |
Additional Contributors | Lang, Fritz,1890-1976 |
Pommer, Erich,1889-1966 | |
Harbou, Thea von,1888-1954 | |
Helm, Brigitte,1906-1996 | |
Frèohlich, Gustav | |
Klein-Rogge, Rudolf | |
Abel, Alfred,1879-1937 | |
George, Heinrich,1893-1946 | |
Loos, Theodor | |
Rasp, Fritz,1891-1976 | |
Publication | [Canada]: Front Row Entertainment, c2003. |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (118 min.) |
General Notes | Restored under the supervision of the Murnau Foundation and with the original 1927 orchestral score by Gottfried Huppertz. Based on the novel by Thea von Harbou. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. |
Production Credits | Photography, Karl Freund, Gunther Rittau ; music, Gottfried Huppertz ; Enno Patalas, commentary. |
Performance Credits | Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frèohlich, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Theodor Loos, Heinrich George, Fritz Rasp, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrèuchen. |
Languages | Silent with subtitles in English, French and Spanish. Audio commentary in English, German, French and Spanish. Musical accompaniment. |
System Details | DVD. |
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. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Silent films--Germany |
Feature films--Germany | |
Science fiction films |