Metropolis / F.W. Murnau Stiftung in association with ZDF and ARTE ; Transit Film ; an UFA production distributed by Parufamet ; director, Fritz Lang ; screenplay, Thea von Harbou.

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Freder Fredersen is the son of Joh Fredersen, who reigns over the great city of Metropolis in the year 2026. The younger Fredersen is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen, but backbreaking, labor of an entire class of workers who tend the machines that make the city run,...

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Uniform Title:	Metropolis (Motion picture : 1927). English.
Corporate Authors:	Berliner Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester (Performer) Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung (restorationist (expression)) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Transit Film UFA (Firm) (Production company) Parufamet (Film distributor) Museo del Cine (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (restorationist (expression)) Deutsche Kinemathek (restorationist (expression)) Kino International Corporation
Other Authors:	Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976 (Film director) Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954 (Screenwriter) Freund, Karl, 1890-1969 (director of photography.) Rittau, Günther (director of photography.) Huppertz, Gottfried, 1887-1937 (composer (expression)) Strobel, Frank (Conductor) Hunte, Otto, 1881-1960 (set decorator.) Kettelhut, Erich, 1893-1979 (set decorator.) Vollbrecht, Karl, 1886-1973 (set decorator.) Fröhlich, Gustav (Actor) Helm, Brigitte, 1908-1996 (Actor) Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976 (Actor) Loos, Theodor, 1883-1954 (Actor) Abel, Alfred, 1879-1937 (Actor) Klein-Rogge, Rudolf (Actor) Biswanger, Erwin, 1896-1970 (Actor) George, Heinrich, 1893-1946 (Actor)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	German
Language and/or Writing System:	Silent film with English intertitles and music score.
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : Kino International, [2010]
Edition:	[2010 restored version].
Subjects:	Twenty-first century > Drama. Authoritarianism > Drama. Totalitarianism > Drama. Labor disputes > Drama. Social classes > Drama. Social conflict > Drama. Robots > Drama. Income distribution > Drama. Industrialization > Drama. Industrialization. Authoritarianism. Income distribution. Labor disputes. Robots. Social classes. Social conflict. Totalitarianism. Twenty-first century. Drama. Dystopian films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Science fiction films. Silent films.
Genre:	Drama. Dystopian films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Science fiction films. Silent films.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 148 min.)) : sound, black and white.
Format:	Electronic Video