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Auction History Result 1x016 METROPOLIS Dutch program 1927 Fritz Lang classic, incredible content & art by Werner Graul! Date Sold 11/5/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Dutch Film Program (measures 6 3/4" x 9 1/2" [17 x 24 cm]; 32 pages) (Learn More) 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! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Werner Graul Important Added Info: Note that when this classic movie was released in Germany, there was an 8-page program that was likely given out to theatergoers, and also a 33-page souvenir program book that was offered for sale. In addition, UFA-Magazin published a special German edition of the deluxe program. We have previously auctioned examples of each of these. Now, we have been consigned this Dutch program, which looks very much like the 33-page German UFA-Magazin program book, including the great full-color Graul cover art, but it has one less interior page, and of course, the entire program is in Dutch, and it is also printed by UFA-Magazin! We have never auctioned this Dutch program before, and it is surely extremely rare. Also note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and two interior 2-page spreads from this program (we wish we could have pictured all of the interior 32 pages, because it is filled with wonderful images, and if we could read the Dutch, we have no doubt that it is also filled with wonderful information about this classic movie!). Condition: good. The program was folded down the middle and all pages have a vertical fold down the center. There are many small brown stains scattered on the front and back covers (both sides of each). Because the back cover is blank on both sides, those stains are quite noticeable. The inside front cover is also blank, and the stains are noticeable there. The stains on the front cover are very noticeable, but not massively distracting, and of course, they could probably be restored. The interior pages have a few small brown stains around the edges of the first and last interior pages. See our images to get a good sense of this ultra rare program's condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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