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. |
The film was "rediscovered" in the 1980's, when American film director and producer Francis Ford Coppola brought out a restored version with a new soundtrack. [Can someone confirm this?] |