Metropolis (UK Masters of Cinema, restored, two disc edition)

Metropolis: 2 Disc Masters of Cinema Series #8 Edition 1927



Synopsis:



"There can be no understanding between the hands and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator."



Fritz Lang's Metropolis is perhaps the most famous German film of all time, and certainly one of the most influential of all silent films. In its lifetime it has been: drastically re-edited (shortly after release); unseen for decades; revisioned with a modern music score in the 1980s; and thanks to the work of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung and a network of archives all over the world, restored in 2001. This restoration of Metropolis is almost certainly the most complete and authentic version possible of Lang's original 1927 vision.



Metropolis takes place in 2026, where people are divided into two groups: poor workers living beneath the ground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of luxury. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century, many of which pre-empt such science fiction classics as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and jawdropping production values, Metropolis stands today as a testament to Lang's ambitious vision of what cinema could be.





Version Details:



Metropolis: 2 Disc|Eureka Video - Masters of Cinema # 8 Edition

Region: 2 - PAL

Runtime: 1:58:32 (No PAL speedup as it was intended at 25 fps)

Video: 1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio

Avg.Bitrate: 6.75 mb/s|PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s

Audio: Musical Score Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround by Gottfried Huppertz (448 kbps)

Musical Score Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono by Gottfried Huppertz (224 kbps)

Audio Commentary by Enno Patalas in German or in English

Subtitles: Cardboard intertitles: German

Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish,Italian

Studio: Eureka Video

Aspect Ratio: Original aspect Ratio 1.33:1





Edition Details:

Original 1927 Orchestral Score By Gottfried Huppertzm Newly Arranged By Berndt Heller

Full Length Audio Commentary By Enno Patalas



- The Metropolis Case A Making Of Documentary

- Restoration Documentary

- Production Stills

- Posters

- Costume Designs

- Stills Of Missing Scenes

- Architectural Sketches

- German Intertitles



DVD Release Date: January 25th, 2005

Double Slim transparent Keep Case

Chapters: 33









RIP INFO



- DVD Title:Metropolis

- Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

- Country of Origin: Germany

- Studio: Universum Film (UFA)

- Original Region of Release: 2

- DVD Region Encoding: Region 0

- Copy Protection: None

- Rating: 8.4/10

- Original Language: Silent

- Theatrical Release: 10 January 1927

- Video Encoding: PAL

- Video Presentation: 1.33:1

- Audio Presentation: Dolby Digital 2.0|Dolby Digital 5.1|Mono-(Music)

- Subtitles Available: Cardboard intertitles:

German|German,English,French,Spanish,Italian

- Number of Discs: 2

- Number of Layers: Disc 1-2, Disc 2-1

- Film Format: .VOB [MPEG2]

- IMDB Info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/
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- Director: Fritz Lang



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