Metropolis /
Freder Fredersen is the son of Joh Fredersen, who reigns over the great city of Metropolis. Freder is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen but backbreaking labor of an entire class of unseen workers who tend the machines that make the city run, and he descends to the subt...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kino Classics :
[2011]
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| Edition: | Special ed. |
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| Summary: | Freder Fredersen is the son of Joh Fredersen, who reigns over the great city of Metropolis. Freder is surprised to discover his lifestyle has been built on the unseen but backbreaking labor of an entire class of unseen workers who tend the machines that make the city run, and he descends to the subterranean levels of Metropolis in an effort to understand their lives. In 1981 Giorgio Moroder began a three-year endeavor to restore the science fiction classic Metropolis. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in Germany in 1927; then remade in 1984. Special features: "The fading image" produced by Giorgio Moroder in 1984; original trailer; gallery; A personal message from Giorgio Moroder. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray, region A, full screen (1.33:1) presentation, NTSC; 2.0 stereo, and DTS 5.1. Requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Karl Freund, Günther Rittau ; music, Giorgio Moroder ; lyrics, Pete Bellotte. |