TY - ADVS AU - Harbou,Thea von AU - Lang,Fritz AU - Abel,Alfred AU - Helm,Brigitte AU - Fröhlich,Gustav AU - Klein-Rogge,Rudolf AU - Strobel,Frank TI - The complete Metropolis U1 - 791.4372 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Kino KW - Social classes KW - Drama KW - Social conflict N1 - "Restoration carried out by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden jointly with Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin in co-operation with Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducros Hicken, Buenos Aires. Editorial restoration: Martin Koerber, Frank Strobel, Anke Wilkening. Digital image restoration: Alpha-Omega Digital, München."; Special features: "Voyage to Metropolis," a 50-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film ; interview with Paula Felix-Didier, curator of the Juseo del Cine, Buenos Aires, where the missing footage was discovered ; 2010 re-release trailer; Originally released as a motion picture in 1927; Photographed by Karl Freund, Günther Rittau ; music by Gottfried Huppertz; music performed by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin ; conducted by Frank Strobel; Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge N2 - In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the films premiere in 1927. After years of restoration the sci-fi epic was re-released in theaters in 2010 as The Complete Metropolis ER -