Metropolis
By: Kino Intenational Corp
Publisher: Kino on Video
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Silent films; Science fiction films
Description: The story takes place in the 21st century, in a large city autocratically run by a "Super Trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of the misery, a young woman "Maria" arises, who attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Notes: VHS format [NTSC]

Silent film with music and English captions.

Videocassette release of a 1927 motion picture released in Germany.

Director, Fritz Lang ; scenario, Theo von Harbou ; photography, Karl Freund, Gunther Tittau.

Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frolich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Theodor Loos.