Fritz Lang’s The Complete Metropolis, remastered with new footage!

In Metropolis, a towering city of the future, society is divided into two classes: one of planners and management, who live high above the Earth in skyscrapers; and one of workers, who live and toil underground, slaves to the whistle of Metropolis’s ten-hour clock.

Freder, the only son of Metropolis’ ruler, lives a life of luxury. One day, as he and his friends play games in the lush, private Eternal Gardens, they are interrupted by a beautiful girl, accompanied by a group of workers’ children. They are quickly ejected, but Freder is transfixed by the girl, Maria  — and decides to follows her down to the grim Lower City machine rooms.

Freder falls in love with Maria, the working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. "There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator." 

In 1927, Metropolis was the most expensive film ever made.  A quarter of the original sci-fi film was thought to have been lost forever. There have been numerous attempts to restore it, as well as previous discoveries of lost footage. But in 2008, in Argentina, a print with an additional 25 minutes was discovered.

After 2 years of meticulous restoration, it premiered on May 12th at the Berlin Film Festival. The full length, "directors cut" hasn't been seen for 83 years!

This sci-fi silent film will be accompanied by "Goldie" the Wurlitzer Organ, played by Avery Tunningley.

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