Metropolis Original Release Insert Poster. ...

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Metropolis Original Release Insert Poster. Metropolis Original Release Insert Poster. (Paramount/UFA, 1927). Vintage 14 x 36 in. insert poster from the 1927 U.S. release of Metropolis. With the release of Metropolis, director Fritz Lang set the standard for all epic science fiction films. Set in the future, it portrayed a super civilization of towering skyscrapers run by an elite group led by Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel), the so-called "Master of Metropolis." But it is his son Freder (Gustav Froehlich) who discovers the underbelly of this super-city, and the overworked laborers who keep it running, when he meets Maria (Brigette Helm), who has become the spokesperson for these unfortunate people. To combat this influence, the elder Fredersen contracts the deranged scientist/inventor Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) to construct a robot to imitate Maria and lead the workers astray. The scenes of the robot's creation and the robot itself would not be matched in film for another fifty years. Following its premiere in Germany in 1927, Metropolis was released in a truncated version in America, which essentially cut the heart out of the film. Audiences did not understand it and it was not popular here. The posters from this film are the rarest of rare and it is especially true of U.S. material. No one-sheets or three-sheets have ever surfaced. This is the beautiful Art Deco insert poster for this ground-breaking science fiction epic. Prior to restoration, this poster had missing paper along the upper right border, some of which went into the image and some of the colors had slightly faded. Expert restoration has in fact rendered these issues nearly invisible. Fine on Paper.

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