Metropolis

Synopsis: An expressionist science fiction feature film dealing with a city presided over by an elite ruling class, under a dictatorship and based on the slave labour of the workers toiling underground. Adapted from the novel by Thea von Harbou.
Language: English
Country: Germany
Medium: Film; Video; Film. 16mm. st. b&w. 140 min. Video. VHS. st. b&w. 138 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1926
Availability: Hire (BFI - film)
Sale (video); 1997 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) (video)
Notes: Study extracts of this film are also available for hire from the BFI Film & Video Library.
The video version is sold as the ‘director’s version’ and has subititles.
Uses: Useful for the study of Weimar politics and history linked to the Kracauer thesis on the nature of Weimar cinema.*
Subjects: Media studies
Keywords: cinema; cinema - Germany; Expressionism; science fiction films

Director

Fritz Lang

Writer

Fritz Lang; Thea von Harbou

Contributor

Eugen Schufftan; Günther Rittau; Karl Freund

Cast

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Name: Eureka Entertainment
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Notes: An independent distributor specialising in releasing classic and early/silent films on DVD, including the Masters of Cinema curated collection of classic and world cinema. Sale via retail outlets.

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