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Angelic Evolution Proudly Presents:

Metropolis (1927)

Release Information:

Source    : DVD R2 PAL           Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Type      : RCNT XviD            Resolution   : 512x384
Release   : 14 February 2003     Video        : 1055 kbps
DVD Date  : 27 January 2003      Framerate    : 25 fps
Theatre   : 10 January 1927      Audio        : AC3 5.1Ch 448kbps 48KHz
MP3 2Ch 134kbps 48KHz
Playtime  : 1:58:29              AVI Size     : CD1 733.704.192 bytes
Language  : Silent                              CD2 731.844.608 bytes
Subs      : English (VobSub)     RAR Count    : CD1 50x15MB CD2 50x15MB

Movie Information:

Title         : Metropolis (1927)
IMDb URL      : http://us.imdb.com/Title?0017136
Director      : Fritz Lang
Genre         : Sci-Fi / Drama

User Rating   : 8.3/10 (6,519 votes) top 250: #95

Plot Outline  : Set at around the year 2000 (then a lifetime away in
the future), a mammoth city is ruled by the super-
efficient industrialist Joh Fredersen (Alfred Abel)
and, on the surface, appears to be a utopian dream
with wealthy inhabitants living in palatial apartments
set in colossal glass and concrete spires. But
underground it's a different story; armies of slaves
work gruelling shifts to maintain the luxurious
lifestyles of their masters. The workers, a subhuman
species of sluggish creatures are led by the 'Saintly'
Maria (Brigitte Helm), who urges them not to rebel but
to wait patiently for the arrival of the 'Mediator'.
Fredersen kidnaps Maria and orders mad scientist
Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge) to create a robot replica
to take her place. His plan is doomed when the evil
mechanical Maria incites the massed worders to revolt
and destroy everything in sight.

Cast          : Alfred Abel ....  Johhan (Joh) Fredersen
Gustav Fröhlich ....  Freder Fredersen
Brigitte Helm ....  Maria/The Robot (AKA Futura)
Rudolf Klein-Rogge ....  C.A. Rotwang
Fritz Rasp ....  Slim
Theodor Loos ....  Josaphat
Heinrich George ....  Grot

Ripper's Notes:

This all new restoration of Fritz Lang's Metropolis from 1927
premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2001.
It's the most complete version of this movie so far (some parts are
considered lost forever) and a serious improvement over any previous
version. You can read all about this on the following sites:
http://www.kino.com/metropolis/ and http://www.alpha-omega.de/

Not only the image quality is an outstanding improvement in this
version, it also features a new recording of Gottfried Huppertz's
original score composed for the film. We have included a sample of
the old VCDVaULT release, which contains a different soundtrack and
is considerably cropped, so you can see and hear the differences for
yourself. With a length of 119 minutes, running at 25 unique frames
per second, this version is also considerably longer than the
137 minute vV rip. This can be explained by the low framerate of the
the source used for vV's DVD.

This release is ripped from the UK R2 DVD which come out a few weeks
ago, the US R1 DVD is scheduled for next week.
Besides an AC3 5.1 track for the orchestral score, we have included
an MP3 encode of film historian Enno Patalas' commentary as a second
track. Make sure you use a player capable of handling 2 sound streams
such as BSPlayer or Media Player Classic. The movie contains English
intertitles but subtitles for the commentary track are also included.

This movie is a visual masterpiece from the silent era and one of the
most influential films of all time.

Enjoy!

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