The novel was serialised in the magazine Illustriertes Blatt in 1925, accompanied by stills from the upcoming film adaptation. It was published in book form in 1926 by August Scherl. An English translation was published in 1927 to accompany the film which was released that year.
Metropolis, the film, is the 1927 German Expressionist science-fiction silent film made from the novel, and while the initial reception was mixed, it is now widely regarded as being one of the greatest and most influential films ever made.
This edition contains the novel – a work of 25 chapters, as well as the Metropolis Magazine (1927) – a 35 page film pamphlet that takes us behind the scenes of the production.
Metropolis (1925)
Metropolis Magazine (1927)
Some Facts About “METROPOLIS.”
“METROPOLIS.” The Cast
“METROPOLIS.” The Story Of The Film
The Creation of the Artificial Human Being.
Fritz Lang – What I Have To Say
How a Love Scene is Taken
The Flying Camera
The Children Of “Metropolis.”
How It Was Done
Figures That Speak
What the Actors have to Say!
BRIGITTE HELM
ALFRED ABEL – The Master of “Metropolis”
THEODOR LOOS – The Secretary of the Master of “Metropolis”
Thea Von Harbou Authoress of the Novel and Scenario of “Metropolis.”
Contrasts
Death to the Machines!
Metropolis has 44 illustrations.
Thea Gabriele von Harbou (1888–1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress. She is remembered as the screenwriter of the science fiction film classic Metropolis (1927) and for the 1925 novel on which it was based. Von Harbou collaborated as a screenwriter with film director Fritz Lang, her husband, during the period of transition from silent to sound films.