Film Culture on Instagram: "The majority of the original footage for the complete version of Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film "Metropolis" was considered lost for approximately 80 years before a nearly complete copy was discovered in Argentina in 2008. The original version of the film premiered in Berlin in January 1927 at a length of about 153 minutes. Shortly after, the film was significantly cut for various international releases, with some versions running as short as 93-106 minutes, and about