Picture: Metropolis

Floor 3 Floor 3
Cinema and Television (3.2.3) Cinema and Television (3.2.3)
Exhibit 3.2.3.01.06 Exhibit 3.2.3.01.06

Metropolis. Director: Fritz Lang. Germany, 1927

Must Know

Released in Germany in 1927, Metropolis, a film directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Erich Pommer, is about a fictional city controlled by robots. Even though it was a box office failure, Metropolis later became a cinematic classic whose influence on the science fiction genre is still felt today.

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Themes and Connections:

avant-garde cinema, cinema, Culture, director, Ernst Lubitsch, Fritz Lang, germany, metropolis, movies, photographers, Poland, producer, science fiction, screenwriters, Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union, USA, Yiddish

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Jewish Communities in Germany

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