Metropolis (1927) [Masters of Cinema - Eureka!]

Directors: Fritz Lang
Writers: Thea von Harbou (screenplay), Thea von Harbou (novel)
Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich

Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children quickly disappear. Trying to follow her, he is horrified to find an underground world of workers who apparently run the machinery that keeps the Utopian world above ground functioning. One of the few people above ground who knows about the world below is Freder's father, John Fredersen, who is the founder and master of Metropolis. Freder learns that the woman is called Maria, who espouses the need to join the "hands" - the workers - to the "head" - those in power above - by a mediator who will act as the "heart". Freder wants to help the plight of the workers in their struggle for a better life. But when John learns of what Maria is advocating and that Freder has joined their cause, with the assistance of an old colleague. an inventor called …

Extras:
SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION (2,000 COPIES) BOXED SET CONTAINS:
– A Limited Edition Boxed Set, illustrated with newly commissioned artwork specially for this release
– 150 minute reconstructed and restored 2010 version (including 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost to the world) on Blu-ray
– Metropolis Refound – a 2010 documentary by Evangelina Loguerico exploring the rediscovery of the most complete print of the Fritz Lang masterpiece in an Argentinean film museum
– Giorgio Moroder presents: Metropolis – the 1984 re-imagining of Metropolis featuring a soundtrack by Moroder himself and artists such as Adam Ant, Pat Benatar, Freddie Mercury and many more
– The Fading Image – Documentary which goes behind the scenes of Giorgio Moroder’s restoration and scoring
– Pristine HD transfers (1080p on the Blu-ray discs)
– The 2001 restoration that was considered the definitive version of the film before the discovery of the Argentina footage
– 2010 symphony orchestra studio recording of the original 1927 Gottfried Huppertz score in 5.1 (2010 version)
– Berndt Heller’s arrangement of the Gottfried Huppertz score (2001 version)
– Optional English subtitles as well as the original German intertitles
– Full length audio commentary by David Kalat and Jonathan Rosenbaum (2010 version)
– Full length audio commentary by film historian Enno Patalas (2001 version)
– Die Reise nach Metropolis (2010, 53 minutes), a documentary about the film
– 2010 re-release trailer
– A 100-page book featuring archival interviews with Fritz Lang; a 1927 review by Luis Buñuel; articles by Jonathan Rosenbaum and Karen Naundorf; extensive restoration notes by Martin Koerber; writing by Otto Hunte, Günther Rittau, Aenne Willkomm, Brigitte Helm and Rudolf Arnheim alongside a stunning array of rare archival imagery




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