German Classic Movies #7 ∟ Metropolis (UFA-1927)
Happy Birthday Fritz Lang
(December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976)
“Each picture has some sort of rhythm which only the director can give it. He has to be like the captain of a ship.”

Poster illustration for the American release of Metropolis (1927)

Rotwang watches Maria | I’ve always felt that he looks kinda sad in that picture. I guess it’s just the angle

“Death looms over the city!”
Metropolis, dir. Fritz Lang (1927)