UFA Movie by Fritz Lang and Thea Harbour. ARTIST: WERNER GRAUL (1905 – 1985). Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist epic science-fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang. He and his wife, Thea von Harbou, wrote the silent film, which starred Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. Erich Pommer produced it in the Babelsberg Studios for Universum Film A. It is regarded as a pioneering work of the science-fiction genre in movies, being among the first feature-length movies of the genre. Made in Germany during the Weimar Period, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city’s ruler, and Maria, a poor worker, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes of their city. Filming took place in 1925 at a cost of approximately five million Reichsmarks. The art direction draws influence from Bauhaus, Cubist and Futurist design. A new reconstruction of Metropolis was shown at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001, and the film was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in the same year, the first film thus distinguished. The director, Friedrich Christian Anton “Fritz” Lang (December 5, 1890 August 2, 1976), was an Austrian-German filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best-known émigrés from Germany’s school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the “Master of Darkness” by the British Film Institute. His most famous films include the groundbreaking Metropolis (1927) which was the world’s most expensive film up to that point and M (1931), a film noir precursor that was made before he moved to the United States. UFA (formerly Universum Film AG, today UFA GmbH) is a German motion-picture production company headquartered in Babelsberg, a district in the Brandenburg state capital of Potsdam. Please note : This poster is a 1960’s re-design using elements from the original 1927 movie poster. German artist from Berlin. This poster has been conservation backed on acid-free paper and canvas and is ready for framing. Poster has minimal edge wear, and 2 very small tears, less then an inch, professionally repaired. Clean paper and vivid colors (please review detailed photos). Canvas: 35 X 71.5 Inches (88.9 X 181.61 cm) Poster Only: 32.5 X 69.5 Inches (82.55 X 176.53 cm). INTERNATIONAL BUYERS, PLEASE MAKE YOUR SELECTION. Both methods will have tracking info but. It also is a faster service. OF VINTAGE POSTERS AND WILL LIST NEW ITEMS REGULARLY! Thank you and Greetings of Aloha from Maui! The item “LINEN- ORIGINAL XL Vintage Silent Movie Poster METROPOLIS 1927 Science Fiction” is in sale since Tuesday, August 01, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Transportation\Aviation\Airlines\SAS, Scandinavian Airlines”. The seller is “classicvintageposters808″ and is located in Haiku, Hawaii. This item can be shipped worldwide.