Metropolis: Extended restored version [videorecording]
2005
Videos and DVDs
Restored version of Fritz Lang's 1926 silent masterpiece, complete with original German intertitles. In the ultra-futuristic year 2000, industrialist John Frederson rules over a giant city where the workers exist only as an underclass. They call for rebellion, but their leader Maria urges them to wait for a mediator. When Frederson kidnaps Maria and replaces her with a robot replica, the workers are incited to revolt.
Main title:
Metropolis: Extended restored version [videorecording] / director, Fritz Lang; producer, Erich Pommer; writer, Fritz Lang; writer, Thea Von Harbou.
Author:
Lang, Fritz, directorAbel, Alfred, actorHelm, Brigitte, actorFrohlich, Gustav, actorHarbou, Thea von, book author
Imprint:
Eureka, 2005.
Collation:
2 videodiscs (185 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Subtitles (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German), Commentary (Enno Patalas (film historian)), Other documentaries (Restoration Documentary. 'The Metropolis Case'. Costume Designs), Image gallery, Booklet, Posters. Architectural sketches. Stills of Missing Scenes.Made in 1926.Based on the novel by Thea von Harbou.DVDN.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Heinrich George, Theodore Loos, Hanns Reich, Heinrich Gotho, Georg John, Olaf Storm, Walter Kohle, Margaretta Lanner.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
EnglishFrenchSpanishItalianGerman
BRN:
1425877