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Metropolis, the classic 1927 Fritz Lang German silent anti-fascism science fiction (sci-fi) robot fantasy dystopian future thriller ("The screen sensation of the age!"; "The wonder city of the future"; "Adapted by Channing Pollock"; based on the novel by Thea von Harbou; set designs by Edgar Ulmer; about an ultra-depressing world of the future where the rich people live in cities in the clouds, and the poor people toil away endlessly underground; a female populous leader arises and a mad scientist makes an android robot duplicate of her to ruin her work; a brilliant movie, light years ahead of its time, and movie makers are still stealing from it!) starring Brigitte Helm (in a dual role as Maria, the female leader of the workers, and as the android [gynoid] "Maschinenmensch"), Gustav Frohlich (as Freder), Alfred Abel (as Joh Frederson), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (as Rotwang the Inventor), Theodor Loos (as Josaphat), Fritz Rasp (as the Thin Man), Heinrich George, and Margarete Lanner. Note that there is a fascinating story behind this movie being imported to the U.S. in 1927, that we did not learn until 2023, when we noticed the "Adapted by Channing Pollock" on the first U.S. herald we auctioned, and Internet research (NOT on the IMDb) revealed this: Fritz Lang's version of this movie at the premiere was 153 minutes, and Paramount was unwilling to release such a long movie in the U.S. So they hired playwright Channing Pollock to shorten the movie to a more "reasonable" length, around 2 hours. What Pollock did was to essentially drastically change the entire movie, by shortening it to 115 minutes, and changing all of the inter-titles to ones he wrote! Among the changes he made was that the man who made the robot (Rotwang) had made it in the image of the love of his life, named "Hel", who had run off with another man. Pollock did not want to use the name "Hel", because of its similarity to "Hell", but instead of just changing it, he eliminated all references to the robot having a name, or to the reason why Rotwang built it! He made a number of other major changes to the movie. When Fritz Lang heard what had been done, he said "I love films, so I shall never go to America"! The movie was somewhat restored to its original version in 1984, when the Giorgio Moroder score was added, and has since been completely restored to its original version!
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Important Added Info: Note that the collector who consigned this poster (and 17 others, mostly one-sheets and inserts, but also three others) had those 18 posters displayed in his home in a different way, but one that was highly effective for this collector. He brought the 18 posters to the "Museum Mount Gallery" in Los Angeles, California, and they took each of the posters and placed them on a 1/4" thick corrugated board that had a colored border around the edges, and they then shrink-wrapped the poster tightly and attached a sturdy cardboard hanging mount to the back. This allowed the collector to simply put a nail in the wall and then hang the poster on it, and there was no need for expensive framing. The poster will be sent to the new buyer exactly as the collector had it on his wall, with the shrink-wrap and the hanger on the back, so the new owner can immediately display it. Our consignor specifically requested that the posters be attached without adhesive (relying on the shrink wrap to keep the posters in place) and that 100% rag acid-free corrugated backing board be used. However, we know of cases where framers and gallery owners have NOT followed the instructions they were given, so it is possible that some of these posters ARE attached to the backing board, and it is also possible that some of the backing boards are not acid-free. We do not know if this poster is attached or not, because we do not want to open the shrink-wrap (because that would ruin the shrink-wrap) so please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept the uncertainty of whether or not it is attached to the backing in any way. Please realize that this item will require shipping in a very large flat package. Finally, note that this 1984 re-release was assembled by Giorgio Moroder and it features a rock music score by Pat Benatar, Billy Squier, Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Bonnie Tyler, Freddie Mercury, and Loverboy!

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