A Massive SandStorm Productions Presents : Fritz Lang's Metropolis 1927 Silent Film Sci- FI Masterpiece - Other M
Metropolis
Original 1927 theatrical release poster
Directed by Fritz Lang
Produced by Erich Pommer
Written by Thea von Harbou
Fritz Lang
(uncredited)
Starring Alfred Abel
Brigitte Helm
Gustav Fröhlich
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Music by Gottfried Huppertz (original version)
Cinematography Karl Freund
Günther Rittau
Walter Ruttmann
Distributed by UFA
Release date(s) 10 January 1927 (1927-01-10)[1]
Running time 153 minutes/24 frame/s
Country Germany
Language Silent film
German intertitles
Budget 5,100,000 Reichsmark (est.)
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social crisis between workers and owners in capitalism. The film was produced in the Babelsberg Studios by Universum Film A.G. (UFA). The most expensive silent film ever made, it cost approximately 5 million Reichsmark
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Beautiful music, thanks for sharing.
stevepr1 5 months ago
I recently discovered Metropolis (1927) via the anime adaptation. I've got it wishlisted on Amazon.
hare122275 8 months ago