Product Description

This is Metropolis, the novel that the film's screenwriter -- Thea von Harbou, who was director Fritz Lang's wife, and a collaborator in the creation of the film -- this is the novel that Harbou wrote from her own notes. It contains bits of the story that got lost on the cutting-room floor; in a very real way it is the only way to understand the film.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #347227 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 236 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781592249787
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Language Notes
Text: English, German (translation)

Customer Reviews

Great novel even better film
Thea von Harbou (1888-1954) was indeed Fritz Lang's wife and wrote a number of novels/screenplays which Lang produced, including "Il frau im Mond" and "Spione". He divorced her in 1932 when she joined the Nazi party. "Metropolis" dates from 1926, NOT 1888 (von Harbou's birthdate). The first German edition, Berlin: A. Scherl, 273 pp., with a cover based on an original design by Walter Reimann was published in 1926, the anonymous English translation appeared in 1927. It retrospect the book is quite propagandist, but certainly quite unique. A 75th Anniversary edition is available, with numerous illustrations/stills from the film and an introduction by Forrest J. Ackerman, from Sense of Wonder Press, James A. Rock & Co. Publ.

Great book, great classic!!!
This is a great book to read, and I great classic to experience. The writing is well written and the setting is great!! I HIGHLY reccomend purchasing this book, watching the original 1928 silent movie, and watching the new anime movie. Metropolis will live on!!

Free SF Reader
This is rather didactic, more a book to read for interest rather than fun, as such. Obvious politics and propaganda abound. Some will like the style, and some won't. Obviously it is of academic interest. Politics, eugenics, how far will you go for control and other such themes are front and centre in this work by a German author and film maker.