Thea von Harbou, Lang's wife, published a novel, Metropolis, which was published in an English translation in 1927. The film premiered in Germany in 1926, and a badly-edited version was released in America in 1927. Following the bankruptcy of the filmmakers, the American print seems to be be the only extant compy. |
Thea von Harbou, Lang's wife, published a novel, Metropolis, which was published in an English translation in 1927. The film premiered in Germany in 1926, and a badly-edited version was released in America in 1927. Following the bankruptcy of the filmmakers, the American print seems to be the only extant copy. |
Thea von Harbou, Lang's wife, published a novel, Metropolis, which was published in an English translation in 1927. The film premiered in Germany in 1926, and a badly-edited version was released in America in 1927. Following the bankruptcy of the filmmakers, the American print seems to be the only extant copy.
Several restored versions (all of them missing footage) were released in the 80s and 90s. [1]