Metropolis [videorecording] / Transit Film ; Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung ; an Ufa production ; distributed by Parufamet ; director, Fritz Lang ; [produced by Erich Pommer] ; screenplay, Thea von Harbou
Contributor(s): Lang, Fritz
| Pommer, Erich | Harbou, Thea von | Helm, Brigitte | Fröhlich, Gustav | Klein-Rogge, Rudolf | Abel, Alfred | George, Heinrich | Loos, Theodor | Rasp, Fritz | Freund, Karl | Rittau, Günther | Huppertz, Gottfried | Patalas, Enno | Parufamet (Firm) | Kino International Corporation.
Publisher: New York, NY : Kino International Corporation, c2002Edition: Restored authorized ed.Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: Fritz Lang's Metropolis [Title on container:].Subject(s): Silent films -- Germany | Feature films -- Germany | Science fiction films | Foreign filmsDDC classification: 791.43 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Media Resources | Taylor's Library-TU | 791.43 MET (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SABDx,23003,02,GR | 1001007923 |
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| 791.43 LOR The Lord of the rings. | 791.43 LOR 2011 The lord of the rings | 791.43 MAM 2013 Mama | 791.43 MET Metropolis | 791.43 MON Mon oncle | 791.43 MUS Introduction to media production : | 791.43 NAU Movies : |
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
Special features: 43 min. Patalas documentary on the making of the movie, featurette of the digital restoration,photo galleries, missing scenes, architectural sketches, poster artwork, cast and crew biographies
Photography, Karl Freund, Gunther Rittau ; music, Gottfried Huppertz ; Enno Patalas, commentary
Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Theodor Loos, Heinrich George, Fritz Rasp, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrüchen
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
DVD
Silent with subtitles in English, French and Spanish. Audio commentary in English, German, French and Spanish. Musical accompaniment