And don't forget, Turner Classic Movies will be broadcasting the newly-restored print of Fritz Lang's Metropolis this weekend, along with a documentary about the restoration and two more Lang movies, Spies and M.Here's the schedule straight from the TCM website:
8:00pm Metropolis (1927)
In this silent film, a city of the future is threatened with destruction when a wealthy corporate leader enlists a mad scientist to put down labor reformers.
Cast: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Frolich Dir: Fritz Lang BW-149 mins
10:30pm Metropolis Refound (2010)
12:30am Spione (1928)
Cast: Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Lupu Pick Dir: Fritz Lang
3:00am M (1931)
The mob sets out to catch a child killer whose crimes are attracting too much police attention.
Cast: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens, Theo Lingen Dir: Fritz Lang BW-111 mins
You can read my post about M here.
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Masterpiece!!!My favourite Fritz Lang's movie with "M".
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Lang is definitely one of the giants, with M, Metropolis, the Mabuse movies and then Hollywood movies such as Fury, Scarlet Street and more. We'll be returning to him again, I suspect.
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