Czech Photoplay Edition Book - (6 x 8.5 Photo-Illustrated)

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METROPOLIS (1927)

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Czech Photoplay Edition Book - (6" x 8.5" / Photo-Illustrated)

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Czech Hardback Photoplay Edition Book with B&W Photographic Illustrations (6" x 8.5") ;
Very Fine+
Ustredni delnicke knihkupectvi a nakladatelstvi, 1927

Published in Czechoslovakia to coincide with the initial release of director Fritz Lang's silent film masterpiece, this hardback book features a beautiful embossed front cover depicting a dismal building from the workers' Underground City with the title and author's name in gold. Consisting of 239 pages written in Czech, it includes superb b&w photographic illustrations throughout, which is in excellent condition, displaying only sporadic signs of light wear along the edges and spine. The binding is tight and there are no markings, tears, or missing pages inside. This is an outstanding original publicity item from this epic silent film drama considered one of the greatest films from silent cinema.

"Metropolis" is a German expressionist silent science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with Thea von Harbou, based on her 1925 novel written as a film treatment. Starring Gustav Frohlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Brigitte Helm, it was produced by Erich Pommer at Babelsberg Studios for Ufa. Considered a landmark in science-fiction cinema, it was one of the first feature-length films in the genre. Production lasted 17 months (1925-26) and cost over five million Reichsmarks. Produced during Germany's Weimar era, is a futuristic dystopian tale about Freder, son of the city's ruler, and Maria, a workers' advocate, who strive to unite the divided classes. Its core message: "The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart."
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Item size: 8.5" × 6" × 2" (21.59cm × 15.24cm × 5.08cm)

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