Explaining a Movie on Instagram: "When Fritz Lang released Metropolis in 1927, he essentially drafted the blueprint for cinematic science fiction. Its towering cityscape, layered highways and smokestack skylines shaped how the future would look on film for decades, echoed in everything from Blade Runner and Dark City to the planet-wide cities of modern space sagas. The Maschinenmensch, the female robot at the film’s centre, became one of cinema’s most copied designs, a direct ancestor to later a

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

Anıl Erdoğan on Instagram: "The building was built between 1927 and 1929 by Philipp Schaefer. It was the largest department store in the Weimar Republic at Hermannplatz 10, on the border between the former Berlin districts of Kreuzberg and Neukölln. The two striking towers with their tall columns of light and the rooftop restaurant were among the building’s most distinctive features. The facade combined stylistic elements from Expressionism and Art Deco. The department store was blown up by the