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METROPOLIS ('27) METROPOLIS ('27) program book, souvenir OR search current auctions Auction History Result 3m365 METROPOLIS German program book '28 Fritz Lang, lots of cool images & text about the movie! Date Sold 9/6/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage German Movie Program Book (measures 6 3/4" x 9 1/2" [17 x 24 cm]; 33 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 in the past, we have auctioned a different version of Metropolis program. This one differs from that earlier one in that it has a paper snipe glued to the bottom right corner, which has two "UFA" symbols in the left and right and the original name of UFA, which was "Parufamet" (some might see this as a detraction, but I see it as a cool addition!). Also, the previous version had "UFA Magazin Sondernummer Metropolis" on the inside front page while this version has "Metropolis" and the studio logos of UFA and Parufamet along with other text changes, WHICH MAY WELL MEAN THAT IT 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 five interior 2-page spreads from this program. UPDATED 08/31/2012: Note that we initially listed 1928 in the Auction Title when it should be 1927. We have also updated the Important Added Info section to reflect that this program is quite different (and likely earlier) than the other similar program we previously auctioned. Condition: good to very good. The program cover is detached from the rest of the program and it is completely separated along the spine (neatly repaired with clear tape on the inside along the spine). There is a small snipe on the lower right corner of the front cover and there are some small areas of paper loss on the back blank cover around the edges at bottom. There is slight discoloration and a few small tears around the edges of the interior pages of the program but they are not very noticeable or distracting. Overall, the program is in nice complete condition and the above-mentioned defects are pretty minor, especially considering the program's age! Learn More about condition grades 
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