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.

Copyright status

The film fell into public domain in the United States, but was restored to copyright in 1998 http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/1998/63fr5141.html. Currently the lawsuit Golan v. Ashcroft is attempting to block its copyright restoration.

Related Topics:
Public domain - Golan v. Ashcroft

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