From the ArcaMax Publishing, Entertainment News Newsletter:
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HAMBURG, Germany (UPI) -- The latest edition of Germany's Die Zeit
magazine shows details of scenes that have long been missing from
Fritz Lang's classic 1927 silent film "Metropolis."
In its issue out Thursday, the magazine reports exclusively about how
the footage was tracked down in the archive of the Cinema Museum in
Buenos Aires. The magazine also offers details of scenes long
considered lost.
The publication said Rainer Rother, artistic director of the Deutsche
Kinemathek Museum in Berlin, examined the footage and verified its
authenticity.
"'Metropolis,' Fritz Lang's most famous film, can be seen through new
eyes," Rother is quoted as saying, adding that the new footage is a
"sensational discovery."
Professor Martin Koerber, who restored the most recent version of
"Metropolis," also examined the lost scenes and confirmed their
authenticity.
"No matter how bad the condition of the material may be, the original
intention of the film, including all of its minor characters and
subplots, is now once again tangible for the normal viewer. The rhythm
of the film has been restored," Koerber told the magazine.