Metropolis Reconstructed and Restored Official UK Trailer

Released in cinemas nationwide 10th September 2010

With its dizzying depiction of a futuristic cityscape and alluring female robot, Metropolis is among the most famous of all German films and the mother of sci-fi cinema (an influence on Blade Runner and Star Wars, among countless other films). Directed by the legendary Fritz Lang (M, Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, The Big Heat, etc.), its jaw-dropping production values, iconic imagery, and modernist grandeur -- it was described by Luis Buñuel as "a captivating symphony of movement" -- remain as powerful as ever.




Drawing on -- and defining -- classic sci-fi themes, Metropolis depicts a dystopian future in which society is thoroughly divided in two: while anonymous workers conduct their endless drudgery below ground their rulers enjoy a decadent life of leisure and luxury. When Freder (Gustav Frölich) ventures into the depths in search of the beautiful Maria (Brigitte Helm in her debut role), plans of rebellion are revealed and a Maria-replica robot is programmed by mad inventor Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) and master of Metropolis Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel) to incite the workers into a self-destructive riot.




A "Holy Grail" among film finds, Metropolis is presented here in a newly reconstructed and restored version, as lavish and spectacular as ever thanks to the painstaking archival work of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung and the discovery of 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost to the world. Lang's enduring epic can finally be seen -- for the first time in 83 years -- as the director originally intended, and as seen by German cinema-goers in 1927.

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[yryriza]

Where's Freddie Mercury playing with the clock?

[TheStealthX]

I adore the music to this trailer! Thanks for uploading it!

[mrscry]

@andypandy474 Check out the Giorgio Moroder version where he installed his amazing soundtrack... you can watch that version of the movie here on YouTube.

[TheOneartist]

@ryanbrownnew The missing footage hasn't been seen since 1927, so we're lucky to have it in any quality. It's the most complete since the original premiere. And the rest of the film's quality is absolutely amazing and pristine.

[TheOneartist]

@ryanbrownnew The film is restored because they found a print in 2008 with 25 minutes missing footage, and it makes a HUGE difference. Only a couple minutes or so are missing now, otherwise the film is complete.

Unfortunately the print with the missing footage was pretty battered. They had to build new software to restore the images as best as they possibly could using the latest technology. But they chose not to digitally paint or CGI or do anything that would hugely alter the images.

[ryanbrownnew]

what i can't understand is whiy if its been "restored" hasn't all the lines and shit in that scene at 0.25 been painted out digitally? Surely this is par the course now when restoring old film.

[andypandy474]

I've been watching what was currently about, and never really been able to get into it. There picture here is brilliant though, I might give it another go.

[EcologicalFighter]

Incredible trailer, really captures the "epic" feel of the film, love the scene of Maria ascending from the stage. Powerful stuff!

[LegendaryFritz]

dd

[FilmNerd85]

All this said...Hitler still sucks. ;-)