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The complete metropolis [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K713 | KinoPublication details: New York, NY : Kino, 2010.Description: 1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .C66 2010
Production credits:
  • Photographed by Karl Freund, Günther Rittau ; music by Gottfried Huppertz; music performed by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin ; conducted by Frank Strobel.
Cast: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge.Summary: In 2026, the rich rule over the poor, who live underground. One man tries to bridge the gap between the two classes. In July 2008 a complete copy of the film was discovered with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage that had not been seen since the films premiere in 1927. After years of restoration the sci-fi epic was re-released in theaters in 2010 as The Complete Metropolis.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050163200

Title from container.

"Restoration carried out by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden jointly with Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin in co-operation with Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducros Hicken, Buenos Aires. Editorial restoration: Martin Koerber, Frank Strobel, Anke Wilkening. Digital image restoration: Alpha-Omega Digital, München."

Release date: Nov. 23, 2010.

Special features: "Voyage to Metropolis," a 50-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film ; interview with Paula Felix-Didier, curator of the Juseo del Cine, Buenos Aires, where the missing footage was discovered ; 2010 re-release trailer.

Blu-ray, 1.33:1 1920x1080p, DTS-HD master audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.

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