Metropolis (1927 film)

Metropolis is a very early science fiction film that was produced in Germany during the brief years of the Weimar Republic. It is set in a futuristic urban dystopia. Released in 1927, it is a black and white silent film created by the famed Austrian director Fritz Lang and was the most expensive silent film of that time, costing approximately 7 million Marks (equivalent to around $200 million today) http://web.archive.org/web/20031209230613/http://members.fortunecity.com/roogulator/sf/metropolis.htm.

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Science fiction film - Germany - Weimar Republic - Dystopia - 1927 - Black and white - Silent film - Austrian - Fritz Lang

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The screenplay was written in 1924 by Lang and his wife, Thea von Harbou, and novelized in 1926 by von Harbou.

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1924 - Thea von Harbou - 1926

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