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METROPOLIS ('27) METROPOLIS ('27) program book, souvenir OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5h001 METROPOLIS German souvenir program book '27 Fritz Lang, classic Werner Graul color cover art! Date Sold 3/6/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage German Movie Souvenir Program Book (measures 6 3/4" x 9 1/2" [17 x 24 cm]; 31 pages) (Learn More) Metropolis, the classic 1927 Fritz Lang German silent anti-fascism science fiction (sci-fi) robot fantasy dystopian future thriller ("The screen sensation of the age!"; "The wonder city of the future"; "Adapted by Channing Pollock"; based on the novel by Thea von Harbou; set designs by Edgar Ulmer; about an ultra-depressing world of the future where the rich people live in cities in the clouds, and the poor people toil away endlessly underground; a female populous leader arises and a mad scientist makes an android robot duplicate of her to ruin her work; a brilliant movie, light years ahead of its time, and movie makers are still stealing from it!) starring Brigitte Helm (in a dual role as Maria, the female leader of the workers, and as the android [gynoid] "Maschinenmensch"), Gustav Frohlich (as Freder), Alfred Abel (as Joh Frederson), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (as Rotwang the Inventor), Theodor Loos (as Josaphat), Fritz Rasp (as the Thin Man), Heinrich George, and Margarete Lanner. Note that there is a fascinating story behind this movie being imported to the U.S. in 1927, that we did not learn until 2023, when we noticed the "Adapted by Channing Pollock" on the first U.S. herald we auctioned, and Internet research (NOT on the IMDb) revealed this: Fritz Lang's version of this movie at the premiere was 153 minutes, and Paramount was unwilling to release such a long movie in the U.S. So they hired playwright Channing Pollock to shorten the movie to a more "reasonable" length, around 2 hours. What Pollock did was to essentially drastically change the entire movie, by shortening it to 115 minutes, and changing all of the inter-titles to ones he wrote! Among the changes he made was that the man who made the robot (Rotwang) had made it in the image of the love of his life, named "Hel", who had run off with another man. Pollock did not want to use the name "Hel", because of its similarity to "Hell", but instead of just changing it, he eliminated all references to the robot having a name, or to the reason why Rotwang built it! He made a number of other major changes to the movie. When Fritz Lang heard what had been done, he said "I love films, so I shall never go to America"! The movie was somewhat restored to its original version in 1984, when the Giorgio Moroder score was added, and has since been completely restored to its original version! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Werner Graul Important Added Info: Note that it is every collector's dream to have a color "country of origin" poster from this most classic German movie! But you can't have that unless you have hundreds of thousands of dollars, but you CAN have this wonderful program book, which has a full-color cover with the classic Werner Graul art of the robot Maria (if you are the high bidder on this auction)! Note that in the past, we auctioned another example of this exact program (which auctioned for $3,601), but otherwise, we have never had this exact program. However, we have also auctioned a similar, but different version of this Metropolis program. That one differs from this one in that it does not have the paper snipe glued to the bottom right corner of the cover, which this one has (the snipe has two "UFA" symbols in the left and right and the original name of UFA, which was "Parufamet"). Also, that other version that we previously auctioned had "UFA Magazin Sondernummer Metropolis" on the first interior page, while this version has "Metropolis" and the studio logos of UFA and Parufamet along with other text changes, WHICH MAY WELL MEAN THAT THIS PROGRAM WE ARE CURRENTLY AUCTIONING IS AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE PROGRAM (and perhaps from a premiere). Note that this is a "country of origin" item for this German movie! Also note that we have pictured the front cover and several interior 2-page spreads from this program. You can use these images to determine the exact condition of it from our super-sized image, but realize that there are some other pages you are not seeing. Condition: very good. The program was lightly folded down the middle at one time, but it is barely noticeable from the front. It has minor wear around the edges and some dot stains on the blank back cover. Otherwise, the program is in nice condition! Learn More about condition grades 
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